On the Rocks

[K9Kirk]

 

[Jeff1580 80]

Nice shot, what is it.....?

 

[Space Face]

That's a stunner and the bokeh is just sublime.

 

[jeffashman40 3]

Very nice shot of a Ruddy Turnstone! Wonderful all around!

 

[K9Kirk]

Nice shot, what is it.....?

It's a rock.



Ha! joking, I'm no expert with birds so I'll just say I think it's what Jeff says it is. I would've said a piping plover or a RTS.

That's a stunner and the bokeh is just sublime.

Thanks, bubba, thought you might like that.

Very nice shot of a Ruddy Turnstone! Wonderful all around!

Thank you Jeff. Is there a particular web site you use for Bird ID? I know you've mentioned a phone app before. (SEEK)

 

[jeffashman40 3]

Thank you Jeff. Is there a particular web site you use for Bird ID? I know you've mentioned a phone app before. (SEEK)

You are welcome! Yes, mostly I use Seek by iNaturalist, which has very good accuracy. Merlin is also a good one, but it actually takes a picture and stores it on your phone, in order to ID the image. With Seek, you can point your phone camera at the screen, and it will usually come back quickly with a result in most cases.

 

[K9Kirk]

You are welcome! Yes, mostly I use Seek by iNaturalist, which has very good accuracy. Merlin is also a good one, but it actually takes a picture and stores it on your phone, in order to ID the image. With Seek, you can point your phone camera at the screen, and it will usually come back quickly with a result in most cases.

I may give Seek a try, people are driving me nuts with bird ID's. I say something is one thing and two other people say I'm wrong but not even they, the so called experts (???), can agree with each other.

 

[jeffashman40 3]

I may give Seek a try, people are driving me nuts with bird ID's. I say something is one thing and two other people say I'm wrong but not even they, the so called experts (???), can agree with each other.

On this shot, both Seek and Merlin agree... with me...

 

[K9Kirk]

On this shot, both Seek and Merlin agree... with me...

That's what I thought this one was, no doubt. The bird in question on two different sites was the 1st pic in my thread, "Sanderlings & black-crowned Night Heron." What do Seek and Merlin say about that bird. I thought for sure it was a breeding adult sanderling according to the site I looked at but some species are so similar it's hard to tell them apart and so I get all this confusion. It's tiring.

 

[jeffashman40 3]

That's what I thought this one was, no doubt. The bird in question on two different sites was the 1st pic in my thread, "Sanderlings & black-crowned Night Heron." What do Seek and Merlin say about that bird. I thought for sure it was a breeding adult sanderling according to the site I looked at but some species are so similar it's hard to tell them apart and so I get all this confusion. It's tiring.

The firs one is a Black-bellied Plover.

 

[Winona]

Great shot. Love the sparkles

 

[CherylL]

Great shot! Love the sparkly background