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    5 pics of an unknown peep - Maryland, USA

    Its a solitary sandpiper. ~The Mad River Bandits
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    How Do I Stop The Children!?

    If the kids shoot the birds, you should shoot the kids. Its the circle of life. :hippy:
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    starlings

    Oops, I meant adult Starlings. Either way I think Starlings are pests. I dont wanna sound mean or negative, but youre really not doing any other birds good by helping some babies, I dont care how cute the little guys look.
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    starlings

    Our Starlings love eating wooly bear catipillars. But, those damn birds also raid nests of other birds. My neighbors shoot the Starlings, and I really have no problem with them doing that.
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    Bird ID Please Are these a pair of Linnets

    Sorry I cant help, but thanks for posting this. My Grandpa always called House Finches (which are quite similar, which live here) "Linnets" and his parents were from Germany and England. I always wondered why he called them that. Now I know where the word came from. Nice Birds :) Thanks
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    House Finches Nesting

    Its indeed a House Finch, the ones where the males have a reddish head. The parents have been really active today, so they might be hatching soon. Anyhow, thanks!
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    Partial Albino House Sparrow in Ohio???

    My Mom said there was a post on her ebay forum about some type of Bird ID. I checked it out, quessing it was somthing pretty simple, but it turns out a little complex. It must be a house sparrow, going by the written description and size, as well as facial features, but it is mostly white. So I...
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    House Finches Nesting

    Hello, we have some House Finches nesting under out patio cover. They seem to love the place, the cover provides good insulation, and dont mind us coming in and out of the house. Isnt it a bit late in the season for them to be nesting? Also, they layed the eggs about 2-3 weeks ago, how long do...
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    House/ Purple Finches

    Thanks for the help y'all. yeah wow there is quite some difference after seeing some photos of each. It seems my bird book isnt as descriptive as it could be. I think ill now defenatly be able to tell the difference if I come across a purple.
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    Birds in Flight visible from Google Earth

    Great now birds are gonna be spelling out dirty words in the sky... 3:-)
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    House/ Purple Finches

    Thanks. Actually I was wondering how I might tell the female house and female purple finches apart. Also, what should I expect if I do encounter a Purple finch? thanks again.
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    BIrd Flu's effect on wild birds?

    I was wondering, lets say the Bird Flu hits the US, or anywhere else for that matter. How readily does it affect wild birds? Has it already affected wild birds where it has begun? So, what might we see happen with our wild birds, and what might be done about it? Thanks
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    House/ Purple Finches

    Hello, Ive been having trouble with my finch ID here at my backyard feeder in calif. Ive always assumed that everything similar to a house finch was a house finch, but now ive been trying to determine the difference between the House Finches and Purple Finches, which I believe I have been...
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    A Sparrow I presume.

    Pretty cool bird. We got one at our feeder here in california of all places. Not sure how it he got here but it was defenatly a Harris' sparrow.
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    Sparrow ID

    Thank you very much. Looks like the White Crowned population is doing much better than the Goldnen Crowned sparrows in that case.
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    Sparrow ID

    OK let me try this again looks like BF doesnt like photobucket...
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    Sparrow ID

    (sorry about the low quality of the pic)
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    Sparrow ID

    Hello, Ive been seeing a couple of this bird for a while and wondered what it was. At first I thought it was just a Golden Crowned sparrow, but I compared the two and it was quite different than the Golden Crowns. Any idea what it is? I know its some kind of ground sparrow... <a...
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    Siskins everywhere !

    Last season we had the same thing, Sinsiks were about the most common bird, counted maybe up to 16 at once. Now just recently we started getting some again, usually about 4 or so at a time.
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    House Finch Eye Disease

    Oh, I see. Hmmm I live in Calif kinda a bad sign that the disease is moving west also.
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    House Finch Eye Disease

    Hello, Im concerned about a high number of House Fiches coming to my feeders with large eye tumors and diseases. I remember seeing one about a year ago, and now ive seen about 3 individuals with the desease. Ive acctually heard somewhere about some type of house finch eye disease, but I forgot...
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    California Thrashers

    cool, thanks. yeah thats about a couple hours south of here.
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    Dead guillemots

    I live on the California Central coast, and I'd say Guillemonts are the #1 most commonly dead washed up bird Ive seen. Its too bad.
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    Uploading photos into posts

    I was wondering, is it alright to post/upload bird pictures into a message, for example, identification. Just wondering.
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    Haris' Sparrow in California

    Yes, it was indeed a awsome sighting. I wasnt able to catch a photo of it, but I did report it to the local birding club, so it is on record. I heard back that there were a few more reports of Harris's sparrows as well in the state last winter as well. Oh, and yes White Crowned sparrows are...
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