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    Cinereous/Black and Griffon Vultures - Extremadura, Spain

    You will be disappointed to learn, then, that in keeping with recent nomenclature trends, eBird/Clements will henceforth refer to new world hummingbirds as “Micro-Lammergeier.” Moving So Fast They Break Your Bones™
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    Fort DeSoto State Park, Florida

    #1 perhaps Northern Parula; #2 is Blackpoll Warbler; #3 Bay-breasted, if the color is over-whitened?
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    Cinereous/Black and Griffon Vultures - Extremadura, Spain

    Watching more than a dozen Griffon Vultures at at Parque Nacional de Monfragüe (Serradilla, Estremadura, Spain) on 30 May, this one leapt out at me as significantly darker than the Griffons, seen from the same angle in the same light. Of course, illusions are possible, but: Do any features rule...
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    unknown songbird, Extremadura

    Thanks to all of you for so much interesting discussion! I have been away from the computer, so I haven't posted other photos. These are absurdly poor, but perhaps, given the earlier discussion, they will reveal the answer. In the very small one, which is a screencap from a video, the bird is...
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    Crested and Thekla lark; also Reed Warblers

    thanks, Simon!
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    Vireo and ?? New York State May 2014

    It's helpful to see the chest on a Warbling/Philadelphia Vireo, since the sides of the chests of both are pale yellow, but the breast of Warbling is whiter while the breast of Philadelphia is yellower. However, Philadelphia also shows darker lores (in front of the eye), and the lightness of...
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    unknown songbird, Extremadura

    I'm simply having trouble getting started on these two songbirds: (1) one with a small, high pale bill and dark crown, vaguely reminiscent of North American Ammodramus sparrows: https://www.flickr.com/photos/eliotc/14339764704/. Pale Rock Sparrow perhaps? Location is Parque Ornitológico de...
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    Crested and Thekla lark; also Reed Warblers

    Like many visitors to Spain, I'm trying to learn how to recognize Crested and Thekla larks. I think these images represent the two species, but I want to ask birders with experience. Both birds were near Embalse de Gaudiloba-Cáceres, east of Cáceres in Extremadura, Spain, late May. I think this...
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