Here is a carolina/ black capped chickadee. They are identical in appearance with only the call to differenciate them were the ranges overlap(my immediate area is the overlap area)
This one was between the 2 call speeds, so it could be either one or a hybrid(which alot are)
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Here is a carolina/ black capped chickadee. They are identical in appearance with only the call to differenciate them were the ranges overlap(my immediate area is the overlap area)
This one was between the 2 call speeds, so it could be either one or a hybrid(which alot are)
Really pretty picture. The background color rocks.
Now I can't tell you which ibis these are, but glossy would be the obvious guess.
As to your rail...
I am nearly positive you have a clapper rail there, but some king rails look very clapper like(besides inter breeding at times too)
I know just what you are saying when you say"First bird of this species I've seen. I was excited...", It has been a while since I found a new species though
I read the rare bird alert hoping to find a new species in my area.... nope!
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Now I can't tell you which ibis these are, but glossy would be the obvious guess.
As to your rail...
I am nearly positive you have a clapper rail there, but some king rails look very clapper like(besides inter breeding at times too)
I know just what you are saying when you say"First bird of this species I've seen. I was excited...", It has been a while since I found a new species though
I read the rare bird alert hoping to find a new species in my area.... nope!
I believe that the rail is a clapper because it is a salt marsh and my books seem to indicate that king rails are freshwater marsh dwellers. The ibises were pretty far away, but dark. Maybe juvenilles? If not, they would be glossy, I would think.
I believe that the rail is a clapper because it is a salt marsh and my books seem to indicate that king rails are freshwater marsh dwellers. The ibises were pretty far away, but dark. Maybe juvenilles? If not, they would be glossy, I would think.
More photos coming soon...
Here's another from today. Another first time species, too.
Because I am thinking this is a first year PAINTED BUNTING, but the white on the tail is wrong.
Then I was thinking it's a female scarlet tanager, but the beak looks wrong slightly and the white under tail is wrong.
The only bird I can think of with that basic coloring, beak and build is A. Goldfinch, but something about it just seems really wrong to me besides the eye ring.
VERY decieving image here.
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