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sandrinhalee · Saturday 2nd June 2012, 02:41

Hi everyone,
Would love some help IDing these guys!
Thanks,
S.

fugl · Saturday 2nd June 2012, 03:02

1.-2. Lesser Goldfinch
3. Ash-throated Flycatcher
4. --- [thumbnail won't enlarge]

Bird_Enthusiast · Saturday 2nd June 2012, 03:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by fugl

1.-2. Lesser Goldfinch
3. Ash-throated Flycatcher
4. --- [thumbnail won't enlarge]

I can enlarge it, but I can't tell what the bird is.

**Lisa W** · Saturday 2nd June 2012, 04:31

Agree with 1 and 2, number 4 is a Clark's Nutcracker, I think.

sandrinhalee · Saturday 2nd June 2012, 04:31

I figured out that #4 is white-breasted nuthatch. Thanks!

fugl · Saturday 2nd June 2012, 04:32

I can enlarge #4 now too: Western Tanager

sandrinhalee · Saturday 2nd June 2012, 04:35

Wow I guess it really was a bad image! Sorry y'all. Should have specified that it was a very small bird. pretty sure about the nuthatch from my memory of its behavior flitting and sitting at odd angles.

fugl · Saturday 2nd June 2012, 04:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by sandrinhalee

Wow I guess it really was a bad image! Sorry y'all. Should have specified that it was a very small bird. pretty sure about the nuthatch from my memory of its behavior flitting and sitting at odd angles.

Don't see how it could possibly be a White-breasted Nuthatch which has a black cap & nape, white face & a long slender bill. The photographed bird has a comparatively stubby orangish bill & none of the other characteristics mentioned. So, still Western Tanager for me.

sandrinhalee · Saturday 2nd June 2012, 05:37

I'm adding a few more photos to confirm the white-breasted nuthatch.
In one of them, it's the same bird but without tree interference on the face. This is the photo I should have posted first, but I just posted the first one.

The other picture is around the same tree a few minutes later -- a different individual, I think, but you can kind of see from the coloring that it's very close.

I think the poor lighting and the branches in the original picture makes it look like his beak is short, but it's actually long, as you can see in the photo I am adding. Plus he's holding his head in a way that you can't see the cap.

But thanks! Really made me double check to make sure.

fugl · Saturday 2nd June 2012, 06:56

The new photos show a White-breasted Nuthatch, agreed.

Saturday 2nd June 2012, 02:41	#1
sandrinhalee bird happy Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Duncanville, TX Posts: 353 My location	bird IDs in Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Preserve, CA? Hi everyone, Would love some help IDing these guys! Thanks, S. Attached Thumbnails

Saturday 2nd June 2012, 03:02	#2
fugl Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Reno, Nevada Posts: 7,776 My location	1.-2. Lesser Goldfinch 3. Ash-throated Flycatcher 4. --- [thumbnail won't enlarge] __________________ Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fugl/ ". . .Let them be left, O let them be left, wildness and wet; Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet." --Gerard Manley Hopkins
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Saturday 2nd June 2012, 04:31	#4
Lisa W Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bisbee, Arizona Posts: 22,753 My location	Agree with 1 and 2, number 4 is a Clark's Nutcracker, I think. __________________ "A forest bird never wants a cage." Henrik Ibsen birding photos- new photos to Backyard Birds & Various Arizona Locations added on May 28, 2012
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Saturday 2nd June 2012, 04:32	#6
fugl Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Reno, Nevada Posts: 7,776 My location	I can enlarge #4 now too: Western Tanager __________________ Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fugl/ ". . .Let them be left, O let them be left, wildness and wet; Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet." --Gerard Manley Hopkins
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Saturday 2nd June 2012, 05:37	#9
sandrinhalee bird happy Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Duncanville, TX Posts: 353 My location	I'm adding a few more photos to confirm the white-breasted nuthatch. In one of them, it's the same bird but without tree interference on the face. This is the photo I should have posted first, but I just posted the first one. The other picture is around the same tree a few minutes later -- a different individual, I think, but you can kind of see from the coloring that it's very close. I think the poor lighting and the branches in the original picture makes it look like his beak is short, but it's actually long, as you can see in the photo I am adding. Plus he's holding his head in a way that you can't see the cap. But thanks! Really made me double check to make sure. Attached Thumbnails

Saturday 2nd June 2012, 04:35	#7
sandrinhalee bird happy Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Duncanville, TX Posts: 353 My location	Wow I guess it really was a bad image! Sorry y'all. Should have specified that it was a very small bird. pretty sure about the nuthatch from my memory of its behavior flitting and sitting at odd angles.

Saturday 2nd June 2012, 06:56	#10
fugl Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Reno, Nevada Posts: 7,776 My location	The new photos show a White-breasted Nuthatch, agreed. __________________ Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fugl/ ". . .Let them be left, O let them be left, wildness and wet; Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet." --Gerard Manley Hopkins
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