Forum: Bird IdentificationTotal Replies: 134
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Grasmussen
Anchorage, AK
Zone 4a

February 27, 2008
12:18 AM

Starting vol. 6 as vol. 5 had hit over 150 posts. If you would like to jump back to volume 5 this hyperlink will take you there: [HYPERLINK@davesgarden.com]

This is a little difficult, but can anyone, other than Resin, identify this chick.

If no one can identify this chick, I'll post another picture including a parent.
Gary

TYPO

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Resin
Northumberland (UK)
Zone 9a

February 27, 2008
9:38 AM

Thanks for starting the new thread!

I know what it is to genus, but not to species. **** chicks are notoriously difficult to identify, even ringers (banders) often have to wait for the parents to return to their chicks to get them identified after they've been ringed.

Resin
Grasmussen
Anchorage, AK
Zone 4a

February 27, 2008
1:14 PM

This picture of the chick with a parent should change the impossible to simple.
Gary

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nanny_56
Putnam County, IN
Zone 5b

February 27, 2008
2:43 PM

Yeah, it's one of those!! LOL :-)
burn_2007
Grand-Falls, NB
Zone 4a

February 27, 2008
4:20 PM

Yep your right Nanny, it one of those sea gull, ...................( fill in the blank). LOl

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burn_2007
Grand-Falls, NB
Zone 4a

February 27, 2008
4:25 PM

Ok, I just looked at the book and could it be Black-Legged Kittiwake??? The book cut the tail off.
Resin
Northumberland (UK)
Zone 9a

February 27, 2008
5:02 PM

Larus canus brachyrhynchus a.k.a. Larus brachyrhynchus (likely to be split from Larus canus fairly soon).

Resin
Grasmussen
Anchorage, AK
Zone 4a

February 27, 2008
7:28 PM

Resin,
The Mew Gull is the most common gull in Anchorage. I'd never paid any attention to the scientific name. I checked my book shelf, and found all of the above possibilities, in different books.
Gary

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burn_2007
Grand-Falls, NB
Zone 4a

February 27, 2008
7:49 PM

Well Nanny, for us inexperienced birders, it's a Mew Gull. I still had to search my book, to find that big word for a name, I could understand :))
Resin
Northumberland (UK)
Zone 9a

February 27, 2008
8:21 PM

Fairly subtle, but consistent, differences from Common Gull L. canus canus

Resin
Mrs_Ed
Whiteside County, IL
Zone 5a

February 27, 2008
8:46 PM

That second picture looks like the species "BIRDus LINEus UPus"
nanny_56
Putnam County, IN
Zone 5b

February 27, 2008
11:01 PM

Thanks, burn!!

LOL, Mrs. Ed!

I glad my sense of humor didn't upset anyone! (I hope) Learned something new today didn't we!
NM_Jane
Las Cruces, NM

February 27, 2008
11:33 PM

I couldn't get close enough to get a good picture; but can anyone tell me ... Is this a Northern Flicker?

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angele
Elephant Butte, NM
Zone 7b

February 27, 2008
11:35 PM

Yes it is Jane, Red-shafted (Western form)
NM_Jane
Las Cruces, NM

February 27, 2008
11:51 PM

Thanks Angele. This was another new one to add to my list.
angele
Elephant Butte, NM
Zone 7b

February 27, 2008
11:53 PM

They are very shy around here. Fly away quick!
adelbertcat
Klamath River, CA

February 28, 2008
11:34 AM

Canada Goose and ????

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adelbertcat
Klamath River, CA

February 28, 2008
11:35 AM

and ??? had to take these from a very long distance with the sun at the wrong angel.

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Resin
Northumberland (UK)
Zone 9a

February 28, 2008
11:40 AM

Bird at the back is a Wood Duck

The two together may be American Wigeon, but not enough detail visible to be certain.

Resin
adelbertcat
Klamath River, CA

February 28, 2008
11:54 AM

Thanks resin........I was leaning towards Wood Duck, but wasn't sure.
Grandmaggie
Beachwood, NJ
Zone 6b

February 28, 2008
12:32 PM

My first ever pic of a woodpecker. Not a very good pic I know, but Hairy or Downey? Taken this morning in my yard.
Thanks! GM

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Mrs_Ed
Whiteside County, IL
Zone 5a

February 28, 2008
12:40 PM

Downy, small little beak.
Grandmaggie
Beachwood, NJ
Zone 6b

February 28, 2008
12:46 PM

Thanks, Mrs_Ed! GM
nanny_56
Putnam County, IN
Zone 5b

February 28, 2008
5:19 PM

Congratulations Grandmaggie!
angele
Elephant Butte, NM
Zone 7b

February 28, 2008
5:36 PM

Great photos & comments too everyone , LOL @ "BIRDus LINEus UPus" Mrs. Ed.
Congratulations GM on your wonderful Woodpecker shot!
NM Jane, Congratulations on your lifer too!!! You posted a bird in the ID thread, the Merlin, was that a lifer too?? I've never seen one. Very cool!

Here is my "Pete" the Pyrrhuloxia purloining a phruit from a cactus in my yard

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Grandmaggie
Beachwood, NJ
Zone 6b

February 28, 2008
5:36 PM

Thanks, nanny_56! GM
angele
Elephant Butte, NM
Zone 7b

February 28, 2008
5:37 PM

oh pooh, I posted in the wrong thread.. what a dope!!!
Grandmaggie
Beachwood, NJ
Zone 6b

February 28, 2008
5:37 PM

Thanks angele too! GM
Lily_love
Central, AL
Zone 7b

March 1, 2008
11:19 AM

Questions please, are these a couple nuthatches? If they are "an Item" which is the male and which is the female please.
Thanks,
Kim

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Mrs_Ed
Whiteside County, IL
Zone 5a

March 1, 2008
11:32 AM

Aw… aren't they cute. Yes, two White-breasted nuthatches. I don't know which is the female as I have trouble with that. The male's cap is black and the female's dark gray, if that helps.

Plus, the pix is a little far away.

But they sure look like love birds.
Lily_love
Central, AL
Zone 7b

March 1, 2008
12:16 PM

Thank you Mrs_Ed, I'll try to get a close up of them later if I can. :-)
sadie_mae
Central, KY
Zone 6b

March 1, 2008
1:10 PM

Can someone help me I.D. this hawk? Thanks!

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Lily_love
Central, AL
Zone 7b

March 1, 2008
1:29 PM

sadie_mae; beautiful bird! Nice shot!
angele
Elephant Butte, NM
Zone 7b

March 1, 2008
1:41 PM

I'll say Red-tailed Hawk, sadie mae, because of the dark patagial mark. Beautiful photo!
sadie_mae
Central, KY
Zone 6b

March 1, 2008
1:49 PM

Thanks Lily_love. Your pair of love birds there are too cute! The only time I ever see 2 WB Nuthatches, I figure they must be males because they're always fussing with each other...then again, maybe they're an "old married couple" ;-)

Thanks angele, that's what I was thinking. I had looked in a couple of my bird books and the underside is much lighter than what they show as the underside as being for an eastern Red-tailed so I wasn't sure. The raptors seem to be the hardest for me to identify.
Lily_love
Central, AL
Zone 7b

March 1, 2008
1:59 PM

sadie_mae; I'm relatively new at birding. Specialized on "back yard's birding" that is. By far, among those few that I'm learning to identify/recognize. The WB nuthatches are great socialized birds. I will see them feeding at the feeders without fighting one another off. I've noticed that the finches, however are very teritorial. So are the tiny lovely little Carolina chickadees? They usually fight off "intruders" if they were at the feeder before others' arrival. They don't seem to like sharing. :-) Oh, BTW, the titmouse, they are very fast, but those finches managed to keep them at bay while they're feeding. lol.
nanny_56
Putnam County, IN
Zone 5b

March 1, 2008
3:34 PM

Sadie_Mae, nice hawk shot!! I can't get one of our Red Tail for nothing!
dellrose
Conway, MO
Zone 5b

March 1, 2008
4:15 PM

That is a great shot Sadie and I'm with Nanny on this...all my pics of that hawk end up looking like blurry black dots!!
sadie_mae
Central, KY
Zone 6b

March 1, 2008
6:03 PM

Thanks Nanny & Rose :-) I don't get very many successful in flight shots, I need to start practicing cause they always look so cool!
dellrose
Conway, MO
Zone 5b

March 2, 2008
1:13 PM

Grackle?

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sadie_mae
Central, KY
Zone 6b

March 2, 2008
1:29 PM

Some kind of Warbler? My closest guess is a Pine Warbler but that's probably so wrong! I've got 2 pics, neither great.

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sadie_mae
Central, KY
Zone 6b

March 2, 2008
1:30 PM

Pic #2

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Resin
Northumberland (UK)
Zone 9a

March 2, 2008
2:31 PM

Grackle - yes, Common Grackle

Some kind of Warbler - yes, Pine Warbler

Resin
dellrose
Conway, MO
Zone 5b

March 2, 2008
3:04 PM

Thanks Resin!

Sadie, congrats on the Pine Warbler!



nanny_56
Putnam County, IN
Zone 5b

March 2, 2008
7:48 PM

I have 4 pics of little birds. I'm not sure who they are or if they are even all the same. I do apologize for the poor quality. Sparrows of some sort?



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nanny_56
Putnam County, IN
Zone 5b

March 2, 2008
7:49 PM

#2

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nanny_56
Putnam County, IN
Zone 5b

March 2, 2008
7:50 PM

#3

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nanny_56
Putnam County, IN
Zone 5b

March 2, 2008
7:50 PM

#4

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Mrs_Ed
Whiteside County, IL
Zone 5a

March 2, 2008
8:08 PM

Looks like a white-throated sparrow to me, especially in #2. Note the little yellow around the beak.
sadie_mae
Central, KY
Zone 6b

March 2, 2008
8:09 PM

Nanny, I'm pretty sure 2 & 4 are White-throated Sparrows, I can't tell for sure on the others.


Thanks for verifying the I.D. Resin, that's a new bird for me :-)

Thanks Rose. Is that your first Grackle? I love the way they shine in the sun!
Resin
Northumberland (UK)
Zone 9a

March 2, 2008
8:31 PM

Yep, White-throated Sparrow for me too, except #3 could possibly be Chipping Sparrow (not clear enough to be certain either way)

Resin
dellrose
Conway, MO
Zone 5b

March 2, 2008
9:18 PM

Saw this hawk at Bennett Springs State Park...unfortunately I was shooting into the sun!

Thanks!

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f_chisolm
Jackson, MS

March 2, 2008
10:13 PM

These six pics are of way up high. I had to add a lot of light in photoshop. Downy or Hairy? This was in an area that had been farmed in cotton before the civil war. Since then it has been allowed to grow wild. The cotton rows are still there but now three people can not touch hands around the trunks of the oak and pine trees that grow on the rows.

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f_chisolm
Jackson, MS

March 2, 2008
10:15 PM

#2

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f_chisolm
Jackson, MS

March 2, 2008
10:16 PM

#3

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f_chisolm
Jackson, MS

March 2, 2008
10:18 PM

#4

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f_chisolm
Jackson, MS

March 2, 2008
10:19 PM

#5

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f_chisolm
Jackson, MS

March 2, 2008
10:21 PM

#6

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nanny_56
Putnam County, IN
Zone 5b

March 2, 2008
10:34 PM

Thanks I thought that's what they might be. But they had possbly looked different than the pic you ID'd for me before. But the lighting was very different today and they were very well camoflouged in the leaves. If they hadn't been moving I waouldn't have even seen them!!
Mrs_Ed
Whiteside County, IL
Zone 5a

March 2, 2008
10:39 PM

Nanny, mine too were camouflaged. Same thing with the pine siskens in the leaves and the brown creeper on the trees.
pelletory
Marlton, NJ

March 2, 2008
10:56 PM

Hi Frank, Its a Sapsucker.
tigerlily
Tiller, OR
Zone 8a

March 3, 2008
12:33 AM

I know it's a Junco, but it's much darker (and lighter!) than any I'd seen before. It showed up a couple days ago, so I've been watching to get images. This bird is only black and white..........no beige or cream on the sides, and no grey anywhere. Sorry it's in the shadows, but that what I was able to get. Is this particular bird out of it's element or an anomoly? It really stands out from the other Junco's here. Can anyone tell me more about this bird?

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irisMA
South Hamilton, MA

March 3, 2008
12:41 AM

Back to the western form of the flicker. I saw one for the first time at in-laws in CO. I had not realized before that that the orange-shafted (western one) had a red "mustashe" The eastern which I had always seen has a black one. Therefore you don't have to go around trying to peek under their wings.
Resin
Northumberland (UK)
Zone 9a

March 3, 2008
5:47 AM

[quote]Saw this hawk at Bennett Springs State Park[/quote]
A very pale Red-tailed, perhaps the form that is sometimes called 'Krider's Hawk'.
[quote]Downy or Hairy?[/quote]
Ditto to Pelle, it's a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, immature (first-winter).
[quote]I know it's a Junco[/quote]
It's the northern/eastern form of Dark-eyed Junco, often called Slate-colored Junco. Mostly they winter in eastern North America, but a few winter in the west as well (they also breed right across the far north, to Alaska, which is likely where yours is from).

Resin
tigerlily
Tiller, OR
Zone 8a

March 3, 2008
11:51 AM

Thanks so much, Resin! It's always exciting to see birds here that are not supposed to be.
f_chisolm
Jackson, MS

March 3, 2008
3:20 PM

Thank you pelle and Resin
Lily_love
Central, AL
Zone 7b

March 3, 2008
3:26 PM

How exciting to know that besides redbellied, there is yellow-bellied wp. Wow, what a beautiful world we live in!!!
Thanks Pelle and Resin for sharing your knowledge with us.
Kim
dellrose
Conway, MO
Zone 5b

March 3, 2008
9:08 PM

Thanks for the ID Resin on the Red-tailed Hawk!
PeeperKeeper
Georgetown, TX
Zone 8a

March 4, 2008
9:54 AM

Hi all! I've been absent a bit since I first started coming here. Well, actually not absent from DG, but just lurking here in birds instead of posting a lot like I was.

Anyway, back on Feb 19, I saw these birds at my finch feeder and assumed they were American Goldfinch with drastic plumage change since I last saw them. But it seems like they have too much black on their backs compared to the pics at Cornell. What do I have?

Here you can see the males from front and back.

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PeeperKeeper
Georgetown, TX
Zone 8a

March 4, 2008
9:58 AM

Here is one showing the female (I assume) better.

I shouldn't have said I've been "lurking." That sounds secretive. I've just been popping in to look at pics, but haven't had time to post pics (it's a real pain getting them off my camera to this computer).

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Mrs_Ed
Whiteside County, IL
Zone 5a

March 4, 2008
9:59 AM

Lesser Goldfinch?
OldNed
Merritt Island, FL
Zone 10a

March 4, 2008
10:02 AM

Those male Lesser Goldfinches would have green backs out in West Texas...just a color variation.
pelletory
Marlton, NJ

March 4, 2008
10:02 AM

Yes, Lesser Goldfinch,black backed form,

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PeeperKeeper
Georgetown, TX
Zone 8a

March 4, 2008
10:39 AM

OIC! Thanks guys. I guess I glanced at the Lesser Goldfinch but didn't scroll down to see the black backed form. At least I thought I checked that one.

Oh well. Make that cool! New bird for me!
nanny_56
Putnam County, IN
Zone 5b

March 6, 2008
8:26 PM

Mocking Bird or....????

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Resin
Northumberland (UK)
Zone 9a

March 6, 2008
9:12 PM

Yep, Mockingbird.

Resin
adelbertcat
Klamath River, CA

March 6, 2008
9:39 PM

???? Taken at Lower Klamath Res.

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adelbertcat
Klamath River, CA

March 6, 2008
9:41 PM

Lower Klamath Res. Smaller than a Red-tailed Hawk Northern Harrier ?????

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GrannyGrunt
Mount Pleasant Mills, PA
Zone 5a

March 6, 2008
11:20 PM

Who is this?
GG

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pelletory
Marlton, NJ

March 6, 2008
11:22 PM

Hi GG, Looks like a Northern Mockingbird.
nanny_56
Putnam County, IN
Zone 5b

March 6, 2008
11:26 PM

I thought the bird on the right was a House Finch, but the more I look at it, it looks different from the other females. Am I just looking to hard or what??

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GrannyGrunt
Mount Pleasant Mills, PA
Zone 5a

March 6, 2008
11:47 PM

Thanks Pelle,

Whoopee!! That is the first time a Mockingbird has come to the feeder. Two firsts today, the Mockingbird and the Red-Winged Blackbird.

GG
Resin
Northumberland (UK)
Zone 9a

March 7, 2008
7:10 AM

[quote]???? Taken at Lower Klamath Res[/quote]
Rough-legged Buzzard [a.k.a. Rough-legged Hawk]
[quote]Smaller than a Red-tailed Hawk[/quote]
But that's what it is!! A first-winter bird.
[quote]Who is this?[/quote]
Agree, Northern Mockingbird
[quote]I thought the bird on the right was a House Finch, but the more I look at it, it looks different from the other females. Am I just looking to hard or what??[/quote]
Yep, looking too hard! :-) Yes, House Finch.

Resin
Lily_love
Central, AL
Zone 7b

March 7, 2008
10:51 AM

What kind of geese are these please?

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Resin
Northumberland (UK)
Zone 9a

March 7, 2008
12:12 PM

Domesticated Greylag Geese.

Resin
adelbertcat
Klamath River, CA

March 7, 2008
1:17 PM

Thanks resin............those Red-tails come in so many variations it's hard to be sure.

The Rough-legged Hawk is a first for me. That makes four firsts for this trip
nanny_56
Putnam County, IN
Zone 5b

March 7, 2008
3:38 PM

Song Sparrow??

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pelletory
Marlton, NJ

March 7, 2008
3:46 PM

Looks more like a Fox Sparrow to me.
nanny_56
Putnam County, IN
Zone 5b

March 7, 2008
4:29 PM

I think you may be right, pelle. Just checking my book and it say's Fox Sparrow scratch like a chicken and that is what it was doing! lol
adelbertcat
Klamath River, CA

March 7, 2008
4:48 PM

I agree with pelle....looks like a twin to the Fox Sparrow I have here.
burn_2007
Grand-Falls, NB
Zone 4a

March 7, 2008
7:03 PM

Maybe this is to far for ID, you'll have to take out your binoculars , for this one. It was gliding, going in circle, over a gravel pit and a frozen river.

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Resin
Northumberland (UK)
Zone 9a

March 7, 2008
9:23 PM

A Buteo. More than that, I fear impossible to say!

Resin
Lily_love
Central, AL
Zone 7b

March 7, 2008
9:54 PM

Thanks Resin for the geese I.D.
dellrose
Conway, MO
Zone 5b

March 8, 2008
1:00 PM

? Landed in the tree right across from where I was hiding!

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Lily_love
Central, AL
Zone 7b

March 8, 2008
1:37 PM

Dellrose, great shot!
Resin
Northumberland (UK)
Zone 9a

March 8, 2008
1:46 PM

Immature Sharp-shinned Hawk

Resin
dellrose
Conway, MO
Zone 5b

March 8, 2008
1:58 PM

Thank you Resin..I appreciate you! ;0)

Thanks Lily...right place at the right time!

Rose
nanny_56
Putnam County, IN
Zone 5b

March 8, 2008
6:36 PM

Oh how cool is that, rose!!
Mrs_Ed
Whiteside County, IL
Zone 5a

March 11, 2008
2:47 PM

Bump!
nanny_56
Putnam County, IN
Zone 5b

March 13, 2008
1:44 PM

Thses are some really bad pics of some ducks. I know NOTHING about ducks! lol

Any ID's would be great!

First One

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nanny_56
Putnam County, IN
Zone 5b

March 13, 2008
1:45 PM

Sorry forgot to resize that one!

The next group I have 2 shots of.

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Putnam County, IN
Zone 5b

March 13, 2008
1:46 PM

and...

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NM_Jane
Las Cruces, NM

March 13, 2008
3:51 PM

Nanny ...

1st picture ... American Coot
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2nd picture ... Sorry, can't tell

3rd picture ... Redhead (on the left)
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Jane

P.S. I'm with you on not knowing a lot about ducks; but I'm learning slowly. Many of the ducks I see defy identification ... they are crossbreeds or hybrids (sort of like a mutt in the dog world).


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nanny_56
Putnam County, IN
Zone 5b

March 13, 2008
3:57 PM

Oooo, thank you! New ones for my list!!
Resin
Northumberland (UK)
Zone 9a

March 13, 2008
5:40 PM

Redheads for the 2nd pic as well. The grey-brown bird in both pics is a female Redhead.

Resin
Mrs_Ed
Whiteside County, IL
Zone 5a

March 13, 2008
9:26 PM

Resin, Do you think this is a Female Hairy? I've been thinking so.


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pelletory
Marlton, NJ

March 13, 2008
10:07 PM

Hi Mrs Ed, See the 2 black spots on the outer white tail feather?

That says its a Downy.

Hairys have pure white outer tail feathers.

Pelle
nanny_56
Putnam County, IN
Zone 5b

March 13, 2008
10:08 PM

Downy, there are dots on the outer tail feathers.
Mrs_Ed
Whiteside County, IL
Zone 5a

March 13, 2008
10:14 PM

rats, I haven't seen a Hairy in ages here. Well thanks you two. I was looking at the beak and thought it seemed big for a downy.
dellrose
Conway, MO
Zone 5b

March 13, 2008
10:26 PM

I keep doing the same thing Mrs. Ed...think I have a Hairy and then see those spots!! I haven't seen a Hairy for awhile either.
gardenpom
Melbourne, FL
Zone 9b

March 14, 2008
1:47 PM

Took this a while ago. It was flying around in circles like a Hawk and I assumed it was a Hawk, but has the coloring of an Osprey. This was a distance away from me.

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Resin
Northumberland (UK)
Zone 9a

March 14, 2008
3:06 PM

Yep, Osprey

Resin
gardenpom
Melbourne, FL
Zone 9b

March 14, 2008
7:35 PM

Thanks, Resin.
nanny_56
Putnam County, IN
Zone 5b

March 14, 2008
10:59 PM

Well, I'm back again with another really bad photo of a bird I'm not sure of!

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Resin
Northumberland (UK)
Zone 9a

March 15, 2008
7:01 AM

Female House Sparrow

Resin
nanny_56
Putnam County, IN
Zone 5b

March 15, 2008
9:37 AM

I hadn't seen one for several weeks now. In fact I was out walking when I spotted this one. Guess they are in the area still. :(
konkreteblond
Burleson, TX
Zone 8a

March 15, 2008
2:27 PM

I've had my first visiting woodpecker! It wasn't very big, smaller than my mockingbird. Is it a Downy or Hairy?

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konkreteblond
Burleson, TX
Zone 8a

March 15, 2008
2:30 PM

This little wren has been checking out my ornamental birdhouse. He looks smaller when he sits in the very top of my pineapple water fountain to bathe. He is very loud at times. Is he a Carolina?

(fyi...that is my neighbor's house that is bright yellow)

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Resin
Northumberland (UK)
Zone 9a

March 15, 2008
2:31 PM

Black spots on the outer white tail feathers, and a short bill, so Downy.

Resin
Resin
Northumberland (UK)
Zone 9a

March 15, 2008
2:32 PM

Bewick's Wren

Resin

Edit: correction! House Wren doesn't have a white supercilium

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konkreteblond
Burleson, TX
Zone 8a

March 15, 2008
7:22 PM

Downy is what I thought, because of its size. So the wren is a House Wren because it doesn't have a white supercilium. (what is that?)

Here's one of it enjoying the bubbling water. :) ....THANKS!

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pelletory
Marlton, NJ

March 15, 2008
8:46 PM

Hi konkrete, The supercillium is an Eyebrow and the bird is a Bewicks Wren.
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Downy
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Pelle -edited for not paying attention :-)

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Calalily
South Padre Island, TX
Zone 10a

March 17, 2008
2:34 PM

I know this is a terrible picture. It was taken with a zoom lens, in a hurry from the car. These ducks have been here at least 2 months, they're in a shallow water pond (water is not over 2 ft at any point in this pond) and are very spooky. They have either dark green or black on their butts and have red over their eyes, but they are NOT muscovies. They are about the size of a mallard.
I thought they were gadwalls at first.

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shebs45
Chicago, IL
Zone 5b

March 17, 2008
2:52 PM

Holy canoli, konkrete blond, you must go blind when the sun hits your neighbor's house!
OldNed
Merritt Island, FL
Zone 10a

March 17, 2008
2:54 PM

Cala...They are American wigeon (old name was Baldpate)
Calalily
South Padre Island, TX
Zone 10a

March 17, 2008
3:50 PM

Thanks OldNed, I didn't think of those.
konkreteblond
Burleson, TX
Zone 8a

March 17, 2008
6:44 PM

lol...shebs, I thought I was going to when I saw them painting it! They did it this fall so I haven't had the full experience of the blazing Texas afternoon sun reflecting off of it back on to me! I'm currently working on lattice extensions that I use as a trellis to go across at least 3 panels. It could be worse, and be something like pink or blue. At least it coordinates with my Mexican Flame vine.

...throwing in another pic of my wren to avoid being off topic. :)

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Resin
Northumberland (UK)
Zone 9a

March 17, 2008
8:02 PM

Yep, that's Bewick's Wren

Resin
pelletory
Marlton, NJ

March 17, 2008
8:35 PM

Very nice pic K !
shebs45
Chicago, IL
Zone 5b

March 17, 2008
9:31 PM

You're right, konkrete, it could be a lot worse. lol

I really like your wren pic. The colors are so subtle. (I'm not trying to be ironic :-) ) Just pale grey-blue and beige, very soothing and intriguing.
nanny_56
Putnam County, IN
Zone 5b

March 17, 2008
10:09 PM

I am sure I posted this pic before...I try to rebember to change the file names for ID puposes now but did not do this one sooo...

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Resin
Northumberland (UK)
Zone 9a

March 18, 2008
5:25 AM

White-throated Sparrow

Resin
dellrose
Conway, MO
Zone 5b

March 18, 2008
8:38 AM

Is this a Female Purple Finch? I thought the color was kind of strange with the yellowish tones.

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Resin
Northumberland (UK)
Zone 9a

March 18, 2008
11:15 AM

Yep, female Purple Finch.

Resin
Resin
Northumberland (UK)
Zone 9a

March 18, 2008
11:18 AM

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