CLOSED: Identify This Bird Please Vol. 1

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Could this be an Oak Titmouse?

Thats what I was thinking but his breast seems lighter so I'm not sure.

We'll find out sooner or later. :-)

ViburnumValley, I just got around to looking at the picture of that
probable Shrike. Is that an Olive tree that it is in?

Thanks

Yep, Oak Titmouse

Resin

Very good! New one for you adel!! Congrats!!

Thanks Resin...........Pelle.yep....new one for the list.

Went to log it in my life list book and they don't list it. Does it have another name?

Hi adel, They used to be lumped in w/ Juniper Titmouse.

That might be why.

Pelle

http://audubon2.org/watchlist/viewSpecies.jsp?id=148

adel, audubon watch is requesting we report sightings of the Oak Titmouse, as numbers have declined. Please check this link out for some good info, too

germinater:

I think that was an oak, probably a live oak (Quercus virginiana).

Here's another of some type of water bird, very near by where I saw the shrike. It was pretty far away, perched above the pond.

ViburnumValley, Thanks I thought the leaves were kinda large.

I'm going to guess - one of our lesser Herons on the picture directly above.
A ?Green or Black-crowned Night Heron?
Anyone see any white on that birds neck/head?
That is a back shot I believe.

♂ Anhinga, Darter, Water Turkey, Snakebird (species name= Anhinga anhinga)

Hi Viburnum Valley! I live a hop skip and a jump over in NE Tn. and we get a colony of double breasted cormorants in our river here every summer. I'm wondering if this might be the bird in your photo. Every summer I plan on trotting down to the river with camera and tripod and never seem to do so in time. They do look very similar to anhingas but I'm thinking we are too far north for those.

My first thought when I saw the bird was Eastern Phoebe, but then I checked the stats and thought this one was way too small to be a Phoebe.

I agree the Hawk pic is not very good. I was on full zoom with the little Nikon I carry with me. I am surprised by the number of Hawks I am seeing around here lately. Maybe this is a new discovery....the Wal-Mart Hawk. I wonder if he has "made in China" stamped on him?

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Thanks Resin, and by the way, the light box the Hawk is sitting on is probably about two feet wide....if that helps. I think the Hawk was too large for a Sharp-shinned.

Resin, are you able to ID this one from this gosh awful image. I thought it was some kind of thrush??
It was at the creek, but not in it. Bird was American Robin sized, dark brownish grey, long straight dark beak, yellow legs. Breast and chin much lighter in color, though this image doesn't show that.

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Another awful image, but it does show the lighter areas of the bird.

Thanks! I really thought the dippers were less sleek looking than this bird. But perhaps if I'd seen it go into the water.................

Thanks again!

My sister wants to know about the birds in this tree. hope it's good enough for ID.
I'm very interested in the one in the lower left corner.

I was able to lighten it up a bit for you, hope this helps.

Looks like 2 American Goldfinch (lower left, centre left) and 3 Common Redpolls (bottom centre & top right pair)

Resin

I appreciate your help Resin. Thank you

Thanks for the ID on the Anhinga, Ned.

Lilyfantn:

I am from KY, but the two bird pictures I've posted are from the Disney Wilderness Preserve in Kissimmee, FL. I'm not much in the bird ID realm here, but really out of the water down there.

I know I should know by now....Downy or Hairy and except for size how can I tell the dif? Thanks so much!

Downy. Note the small bill, and the one or two black spots on the outer tail feathers (Hairy has pure white outer tail feathers).

If you can't tell, you can always call it a Dairy Woodpecker ;-)

Resin

LOL Resin...Dairy WP would certainly be appropriate! Thanks for the ID!

Rose

Haha, Good one Resin!

okay, try your hand at THIS terrible picture. Not you though Pelle, 'cuz it's the warbler you've already passed on! lol.

This was taken in August of 2003 and was the only time I saw this bird. There were several of them in hot pursuit of bugs in my apple tree and above the pond.

and the second picture… not much better. Well, that's what you get with a 2.1 MP camera!

Haha, No I swore off trying to ID them; I meant it. :-)

What am I?

When I saw this bird, I thought it was a female red-winged blackbird. After I got home, I noticed the yellow on the face and belly. I looked at pics of a female yellow-faced blackbird; but the were more brown and didn't have the streaked chest. Now I don't have a clue what this one is. Please help ID it for me!

Jane

P.S. I love having this new thread.

Oohh, thats an interesting one Jane!

Wish I didn't have to go to bed! :-(

Could they be immature Flickers?

Jane, could it be a female Gilded Flicker ?

Eastern or Western Meadowlark. You have both in New Mexico.

Thanks for the help Adel, Charlie and Ned! Following up on your leads, I think my new bird is an Eastern Meadowlark in it's non-breeding plumage. It looks almost identical to the one shown here:

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Eastern_Meadowlark.html