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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??

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

What kind of geese are these please?

Domesticated Greylag Geese.

Resin

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

Song Sparrow??

Looks more like a Fox Sparrow to me.

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

I agree with pelle....looks like a twin to the Fox Sparrow I have here.

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.

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

Resin

Thanks Resin for the geese I.D.

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

Dellrose, great shot!

Immature Sharp-shinned Hawk

Resin

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

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

Rose

Oh how cool is that, rose!!

Bump!

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

Any ID's would be great!

First One

Sorry forgot to resize that one!

The next group I have 2 shots of.

and...

Nanny ...

1st picture ... American Coot
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/American_Coot.html

2nd picture ... Sorry, can't tell

3rd picture ... Redhead (on the left)
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Redhead.html

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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Oooo, thank you! New ones for my list!!

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

Resin

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

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

Downy, there are dots on the outer tail feathers.

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.

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.

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.

Yep, Osprey

Resin

Thanks, Resin.

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

Female House Sparrow

Resin

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. :(

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

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)

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

Resin

Bewick's Wren

Resin

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

This message was edited Mar 15, 2008 9:27 PM