Variety Pak

JacaRanda · Jan 5, 2015

Some old and some new. C&C welcomed and help naming #4 appreciated.

1) Cormorant

IMG_7814-Edit by JacaRandaPhotography, on Flickr

2) Snowy Egret

Snowy Pose by JacaRandaPhotography, on Flickr

3) Least Sandpiper

_39A3959 by JacaRandaPhotography, on Flickr

4) Unnamed - Please help (Southern California)

IMG_1283 by JacaRandaPhotography, on Flickr

5) Black Phoebe

IMG_9938 by JacaRandaPhotography, on Flickr

6) Woody Pair

IMG_0880 by JacaRandaPhotography, on Flickr

7) Green Heron

IMG_8104 by JacaRandaPhotography, on Flickr

8) Ibis Snack

_39A3970 by JacaRandaPhotography, on Flickr

robbins.photo · Jan 5, 2015

It's a great set but that egret.. Wow... just stunning

JamesScott86 · Jan 6, 2015

Beautiful photography and clicks.

WesternGuy · Jan 6, 2015

JacaRanda, nice shots. I like the Ibis' snack the best. Your #4 looks like a Black-throated Grey Warbler as best I can figure. HTH.

WesternGuy

sm4him · Jan 6, 2015

I agree with WesternGuy; almost certainly a Black-throated Gray. We don't have them here, but that little yellow spot on the lores seems to be the decisive identifier.

Beautiful shots, as always!! CA is another place I would love to go shoot someday, but I'll need a much bigger budget to get there than I needed to get to Florida!

JacaRanda · Jan 6, 2015

Thank you all for the comments and helping with the I.D. Love me some teamwork

Sharon I think it would be great if you could get out here, and greater if we could meet.

Pre 911, I was all over the States and Puerto Rico. I only knew p&s back then. Bummer

MSnowy · Jan 6, 2015

Very nice set!

Hunter58 · Jan 6, 2015

Nice set. I believe #3 is a Dunlin, the bill is a too long for a LS and the legs on the LS would be yellowish.

Hunter58 · Jan 6, 2015

I concur on #4 being a Black-throated Grey Warbler.

pgriz · Jan 6, 2015

Very nice set, Jake. Love #5.

JacaRanda · Jan 6, 2015

Hunter58 said:
Nice set. I believe #3 is a Dunlin, the bill is a too long for a LS and the legs on the LS would be yellowish.

Thanks Hunter. You would not believe how much back and forth, back and forth I was trying to get it right. In fact, All About Birds mention the legs of the LS being yellowy to greeny which was my deciding factor. You could very well be correct, but next time I am asking you first

Check it out: I can easily go with Dunlin too.

Least Sandpiper, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology
vs.
Dunlin, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Sarmad · Jan 7, 2015

Nice set, crisp and raw. I particularly like 2, 3, 4 and 8.

KenC · Jan 7, 2015

Great set. I'm no help on So Cal birds. Wait, where was that birds-west-of-the-rockies book? Somewhere here in my mess, just give me a minute (or more likely a year) ...