Identify This Bird Please - Vol.8

and two.......Marbled Godwit

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and three...............Grey Plover (a first)

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and four...............Black Turnstone (a first)

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and five

and fini

YAY! Purple Finch!

Thanks Resin!

I though I maybe had a Common Red Poll too, has been ID'd as a leucistic male House Finch.

What does leucistic mean???

Leucistic = an aberration where the colours are paler than normal with a 'washed out' appearance.

For some more details, see in this thread: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/724859/ scroll down to the "Some terminology for mutations" posts

Resin

No way. I would love to know that there are Ruby Crowned Kinglets here.

* crosses fingers *

Here's a little larger, but starting to get sooooo pixelated.

Thanks! Yep, that's Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Resin

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

Gotta go back out and see if I can get better pictures and see that little red spot!

YAY, Mrs Ed!!!!

If it's a female, you won't see any red spot! Only the males have them, and even on males, it can be very hard to see.

Resin

Oh well. Glad to have seen it. It was pretty far away, but from that flitting I thought maybe it was a warbler.

Resin...Thanks for the I.D.s

Congrats Mrs Ed!!! Thats great!

THANKS!!! You can imagine my excitement when I read Resin's post.

Way to go! That one is on my list to spot too!

This fella was in my yard this morning. It's a first for me. Isn't he some type of shore bird? If he is, he's in the wrong place. A migrating bird?

Here he is again, he was bobbing as he walked, then he flip his tail up.

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OMG. I can't wait to hear who s/he is. that's hilarious.

Hah - cheeky little bugger.

Burn, Woodcock.

Yes- American Woodcock

Congratulations!

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Hey, what's an American Woodcock doing across the border??

How cool is that...literally!! LOL

From Cornell:

The male American Woodcock has an elaborate display to attract females. He gives repeated "peents" on the ground, often on remaining patches of snow in the early spring. After a time he flies upward in a wide spiral. As he gets higher, his wings start to twitter. After reaching a height of 70-100 m (230-328 ft) the twittering becomes intermittent, and the bird starts chirping as he starts to descend. He comes down in a zig-zag, diving fashion, chirping as he goes. As he comes near the ground he silently lands, near a female if she is present. Then he starts peenting again.

Thanks for the ID, JWS and Pelle. What would it eat this time of of year, My book say they live on worms and insects? Have they been know to eat seeds also?
Mrs-Ed, He wanted to know if the grass was greener on the other side, what a shock he got. :) It seems that they seldom show them self in daytime. They're suppose to be nocturnal. what a confuse bird he is!!!

Pelle, that was good info. Very interesting too. I didn't see a female, out there, he must of been practicing his moves.:))

Maybe he thinks you're cute!!!

Tried to get a better pic for I.D. on the Dowitcher ( the light was very poor and hard to get a good focus)

See how large the eye is! They are nocturnal - you're very lucky to see one in the open during the day, usually they hide in dense woodland during daylight.

d'oh. Got me Resin. Shoot. Leave it for a US native to be so self centered.

LOL Mrs Ed (Maybe he thinks your cute!!)

LOL Mrs-Ed
Resin, when I went to the kitchen to get other shots, he was down by the steps of the deck where there's no snow. probably would have found something there. The Sun hit there very strongly. But unfortunately, the black birds got freaked and they scare it away, those are the only shot I got. I'm very happy I was able to get these.

Saw this dove (?) yesterday. It's white, but for the black wingtips. It was alone and quite skittery, flying a distance when approached.

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Collared Dove. Actually pale sandy-brown, not white, but they can appear whitish in bright light.

So they've reached the west coast already!

Resin