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  1. Gentoo

    Alaska Gull USA

    Black-Legged Kttiwake for me too
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    Great Black-Backed Gulls

    I've seen Western Gulls do that.
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    Nother Gull Seattle Washington USA

    Glaucous-Winged Gull
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    BLI recognised Loxia scotia no longer as species

    Why not? It may distract them from the Empidonax conundrum
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    Alaskan Gull

    It's a Glaucous-Winged Gull
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    Is this a hawk? kind?

    IMO this is a young RTH. You can kind of see the pale V on the back of this bird. It's been speculated that this could be a dark morph or rufus morph. Don't think it's a dark morph as they're almost black. I have pictures of one. The other things, can the iris vary? The dark morph pic I have...
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    Strange birdwatching location

    As said before, these can be good places to bird. We have a national cemetery in San Diego that attracts birders from all over. As said before, just be respectful.
  8. Gentoo

    American Bird Quiz

    Personally I like being kept on my toes with occasional non American birds. Especially if it's American and elsewhere.
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    D300s

    Uncompressed as well, that's how I shoot. The fps difference is when you shoot 14 bit rather than 12 bit. It only slows down in 14 bit.
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    What kind of frog is this?

    I agree with Southern Leopard Frog
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    Unusual American Crow Behavior (Canada)

    American Crows do have some strange calls that only they make. Even the closely related Northwestern Crow does not make similar calls. The one I hear the most is a rattling call similar to the one you discribed; "tettle-ttttttTok" is the best I can phonetically represent it. Then there's the...
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    American Bird Quiz

    Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher
  13. Gentoo

    American Bird Quiz

    That was my guess too but it's exclusively in California. The worlds only bird that is. Tricolored Blackbird?
  14. Gentoo

    Royal Tern or Elegant Tern? So. California

    I agree with Royals
  15. Gentoo

    D300s

    I think they may have meant if you're shooting in 14 bit RAW your frame rate will slow down. The D300 does just fine at 12 bit RAW but in 14 bit, is slows down to 2.5fps.
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