Last 5 Birds- Florida (1 Viewer)

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chris8030

Active member

• Mar 28, 2011

• #1

Here's the last few pics I need id's on. Thank you all for your help!

1. Brooksville, Florida - A pair of purple finches??

2. Titusville, Florida - I think laughing and ring-billed juviniles but just want to be sure.

3. Everglades, NP

4. Everglades, NP

5. Jacksonsville - A longshot I know....

 

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Jim M.

Member since 2007

Supporter

• Mar 28, 2011

• #2

1 House Finch & Chipping Sparrow

2 Laughing Gull and Ring-billed Gull

3 Least Sandpiper (think legs look dark because of shadow)

4 Worn Laughing Gull

5 A frog? ;-)

Best,
Jim

 

Bird Boy

Well-known member

• Mar 28, 2011

• #3

1. Male House Finch and what looks to be a female House Sparrow Edited this, I agree on Chipping Sparrow.

 

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Larry Lade

Moderator

• Mar 28, 2011

• #4

1. House Finch (male) & Chipping Sparrow
2. Laughing Gull & Herring Gull
3. Western Sandpiper, Calidris mauri, longer, stouter bill than Least Sandpiper, also a sight drop to the end. Black legs. See also here:
4. Laughing Gull
5. ? Are you serious! Looks like "a partridge in a pear tree" or a "pear in a eucalyptus tree"!

 

Bird Boy

Well-known member

• Mar 28, 2011

• #5

Larry Lade said:

5. ? Are you serious! Looks like "a partridge in a pear tree" or a "pear in a eucalyptus tree"!

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Looks like a double nippled alien in a Magnolia tree to me.

 

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Jim M.

Member since 2007

Supporter

• Mar 28, 2011

• #6

Larry Lade said:

1. House Finch (male) & Chipping Sparrow
2. Laughing Gull & Herring Gull
3. Western Sandpiper, Calidris mauri, longer, stouter bill than Least Sandpiper, also a sight drop to the end. Black legs. See also here:

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Definitely a Ring-billed Gull with the Laughing in 2. A 2cy bird I believe. Herring would be almost twice the size of Laughing and would have a much more pronounced gonydeal expansion, among many other things.

Regarding the peep, I did pause on this one before deciding on Least, but Least also has a slight droop to the bill at the end, and Western's don't have the dense brown breast band this bird shows (AFAIK). And as already stated, you can't tell leg color when a bird's legs are in shadow! That's why you need to learn other ways to ID peeps.

Best,
Jim

 

Last edited: Mar 28, 2011

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Cimperialis

Member

• Apr 1, 2011

• #7

Another vote for Western on #3 because of the large, thick bill. Looks like it has the right amount of cheek patch and also it is pretty high off the ground for a Least.

 

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Jim M.

Member since 2007

Supporter

• Apr 1, 2011

• #8

Least Sandpipers with deep-based, thickish bills similar to that in photo 3:

http://www.naturephoto-cz.com/least-sandpiper:calidris-minutilla-photo-8117.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/toetap/4075078843/

Scroll to middle of page:

http://www.birddigiscoper.com/2006_08_01_archive.html

 

Last edited: Apr 1, 2011

Jeff Hopkins

Just another...observer

• Apr 1, 2011

• #9

I agree with least for the peep.

Agree with the others for the rest and have no clue on 5.