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ID help, California (From Irvine to Morro Bay), about three weeks ago.
Would love some discussion on separating Short-billed from Long-billed Dowitchers - Short-billed less common in CA, but does pass through this time of year.- AlexC
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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ID help, California (From Irvine to Morro Bay), about three weeks ago - part 2.
Agree on all except the dowitchers, since Short-billed are more uncommon through this stretch of CA. What are you seeing that indicates Short-billed over the more common Long-billed?- AlexC
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Cannot ID this bird from Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
Photos 2 and 3 are a definitive Rock Wren for me - photo 1 is a bit bizarre, we sure it's the same bird?- AlexC
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Help ID, Monterey - Big Sur, California, about two weeks ago.
Yessir- AlexC
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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White crowned sparrow? Hybrid? Sonoma County, CA
This looks to be within the range of a young (1st year) Golden-crowned Sparrow. Nice photo!- AlexC
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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How's Your 2023 List Going?
Some minor targets/chases and leading a walk yesterday for Pasadena Audubon as fall songbird migration begins to pickup: 289. Red-breasted Nuthatch 290. Califronia Gnatcatcher 291. Swainson's Thrush 292. Canada Warbler (CA lifer) 293. Vaux's Swift 294. Nashville Warbler 295. Black-throated Gray... -
How's Your 2023 List Going?
Misspoke here - reviewing my eBird checklists from this Big Day, my friend had Surfbirds at Playa del Rey, but I missed them while I was scanning the breakwater. I expect to get this one back before end of the year - rarely visit the beach without seeing some, but I only go a few times a year... -
How's Your 2023 List Going?
Whoops this was not a county lifer - got overzealous -
How's Your 2023 List Going?
Nice to see some Cali birds be lifers! Where were you for the hurricane? Any interesting birds turn up for you? -
How's Your 2023 List Going?
Way late this year submitting my updates.. but here they are, January thru August: Jan 1st, neighborhood birds and chasing a few rarities: 1. Common Raven 2. Mourning Dove 3. Northern Flicker 4. Cedar Waxwing 5. Houe Finch 6. Yellow-rumped Warbler 7. Mallard 8. Rock Pigeon 9. European Starling... -
How's your 2022 list going?
Lost my phone at the end of the year so it took me a good bit to go back and review my 2022 final numbers. Last 8 species all from SoCal CBCs: 311. Clay-colored Sparrow 312. Red-naped Sapsucker 313. Ferruginous Hawk 314. Townsend’s Solitaire 315. Golden Eagle 316. Merlin 317. Hutton’s Vireo 318... -
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How's your 2022 list going?
Summer and fall updates here before the CBC season begins… A week in Maine back in July: 271. Gray Catbird 272. Blue Jay 273. Red-eyed Vireo 274. Red-bellied Woodpecker 275. Herring Gull 276. Northern Parula 277. Common Grackle 278. Eastern Bluebird 279. Scarlet Tanager 280. Black-throated... -
How's your 2022 list going?
A few months too late to give a snarky reply, but this had me cracking up. Knew what you meant lol. -
How's your 2022 list going?
An overdue introduced local on a very hot hike today: 270. Mitred Parakeet -
Is Miracle Gro Lawn Food safe?
The better question is why have a lawn at all? https://ggwash.org/view/72499/lawns-are-good-for-almost-nothing-environment-eco-landscaping And the answer is yes, any chemical fertilizer will be harmful to birds - maybe not in your direct yard, but certainly wherever it washes off to. -
How's your 2022 list going?
Saturday pelagic (first “post”-pandemic boat trip!) with a good spread of usual suspects, and one truly standout fantastic sighting: 256. Common Murre 257. Northern Fulmar 258. Pacific Loon 259. Black-vented Shearwater 260. Sooty Shearwater 261. Red-necked Phalarope 262. Pomarine Jaeger 263... -
How's your 2022 list going?
A couple roadtrips in the past few weeks - first headed north to the Bay to see a certain elderly Beatle… quite the performance, buttressed by sightings of: 221. Swainson’s Hawk 222. Peregrine Falcon Then driving back south and heading east to SE AZ for some work, passing through Yuma: 223... -
How's your 2022 list going?
Bigger update here covering the last month or so: Walking around DTLA in early April: 155. Vaux’s Swift Migrant arrival / yard bird in early April: 156. Hooded Oriole SoCal Big Day effort on 4/23 - yielding 142 species for a 24-hr period across 5 counties, starting in LA and ending at the... -
How's your 2022 list going?
Some travel by car to Santa Barbara and Ventura last week gave me time to explore neighboring counties: 146. White-winged Scoter 147. Eared Grebe 148. Glaucous-winged Gull 149. Hairy Woodpecker 150. Canvasback 151. Brewer’s Blackbird 152. Brown-headed Cowbird 153. Tricolored Blackbird 154... -
How's your 2022 list going?
A couple from the neighborhood this past week: 123. Townsend's Warbler 124. Red-lored Parrot A big Sunday morning birding with a friend aiming for a non-coastal, one-location high species count, inspired by a fellow birder's Friday list of 85 from this spot, we put in a valiant effort of 78... -
How's your 2022 list going?
Family walk along the LA River today: 114. Cliff Swallow 115. Black-necked Stilt 116. Northern Rough-winged Swallow 117. Ring-necked Duck 118. Spotted Sandpiper 119. Red-winged Blackbird 120. Lesser Yellowlegs 121. Eastern Phoebe (local rarity) 122. Lark Sparrow