Little bird thread...your mission Mr Phelps

jcdeboever · Mar 22, 2016

coastalconn said:
Red Winged Blackbirds are always tough. The light was pretty much gone but pretty happy with this one from tonight..
Red WInged Black Bird 3_22 by Kristofer Rowe, on Flickr

Rub it in when a brother is down.

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Didereaux · Mar 23, 2016

coastalconn said:
Red Winged Blackbirds are always tough. The light was pretty much gone but pretty happy with this one from tonight..
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Excellent! ...and boy have you got that right about the red-wings! ;(

jcdeboever · Mar 25, 2016

Didereaux · Mar 25, 2016

American Pipit

rodbender · Mar 26, 2016

Song Sparrow

pjaye · Mar 26, 2016

From Algonquin Provincial Park.

I really wish I had gotten a better picture of the nuthatch. However, every time I lifted the camera up, they left. So was shooting blind, couldn't see the view finder.

pjaye · Mar 26, 2016

One more. I had to google it because I forgot what the birder told me it was. A~~n evening cistern~~. Apparently I still have no idea what this bird is.

I saw 7 of these on the way home Finally pulled the car over to grab a picture of the last one. ~~I *think* it's a merlin~~. Thanks to Didereaux, who is always patient with my bird MIS identification. It's a kestral.

Didereaux · Mar 26, 2016

symplybarb said:
One more. I had to google it because I forgot what the birder told me it was. An evening cistern.
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I saw 7 of these on the way home Finally pulled the car over to grab a picture of the last one. I *think* it's a merlin.View attachment 118402

Only rich folks had two cisterns when I grew up. Most people just flushed into one cistern both night and day.

Not aware of any birds called Cisterns, and I am uncertain on the ID of that bird.

that last is an American Kestrel (aka in my day as the Sparrow Hawk)

pjaye · Mar 26, 2016

Didereaux said:
Only rich folks had two cisterns when I grew up. Most people just flushed into one cistern both night and day. Not aware of any birds called Cisterns, and I am uncertain on the ID of that bird.

that last is an American Kestrel (aka in my day as the Sparrow Hawk)

Darn it! I totally forgot about the Kestrel! I was sure it was either a merlin or peregrine falcon.

As for the other one, it was a bird guy who told me the name but you're right, nothing by that name comes up on the bird website. Hopefully someone will come along that can identify it. I know location helps so it was taken at Algonquin Provincial park. Could it be a pine siskin?

baturn · Mar 26, 2016

I'm not 100% sure, but I think it is a Pine Siskin.

jcdeboever · Mar 26, 2016

baturn said:
I'm not 100% sure, but I think it is a Pine Siskin.

I agree

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Didereaux · Mar 27, 2016

symplybarb said:
Didereaux said:

Only rich folks had two cisterns when I grew up. Most people just flushed into one cistern both night and day. Not aware of any birds called Cisterns, and I am uncertain on the ID of that bird.

that last is an American Kestrel (aka in my day as the Sparrow Hawk)

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Darn it! I totally forgot about the Kestrel! I was sure it was either a merlin or peregrine falcon.

As for the other one, it was a bird guy who told me the name but you're right, nothing by that name comes up on the bird website. Hopefully someone will come along that can identify it. I know location helps so it was taken at Algonquin Provincial park. Could it be a pine siskin?