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    Northern Harrier? Bonner County, Clagstone Meadows Conservation Area, Northern Idaho.

    Absolutely!
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    Vesper Sparrow? Western North Carolina (Brasstown) 3/22/25

    Definitely Vesper Sparrow.
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    Strange Noise? Piedmont NC

    It might be a begging call from a Barred Owl. Here are similar calls from the Xeno-canto site: https://xeno-canto.org/430015 XC390825 Barred Owl (Strix varia) https://xeno-canto.org/6504 https://xeno-canto.org/191379 (Barred Owl (Strix varia) :: xeno-canto for all the calls) Welcome to...
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    steamboat springs, colorado, USA- american goldfinch or western tanager?

    I concur with Western Tanager.
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    Is this a Jeager?

    I concur
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    NC, USA Is this a Leutistic Blackbird?

    I think that the OP's bird is a leucistic Eastern Bluebird; it has the posture and shape of one. Welcome to BirdForum, AbbieGale!
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    Bird Identification help Eastern Colorado US

    Welcome, ClareL. That is a male Northern Harrier in your yard. What a nice backyard bird!
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    Austin Texas small/med

    It is, but: eBird maps for June for all years show that Brown-crested Flycatcher has been reported from 5 locations in and close to Austin, and not in every year (there are a few more locations for May). Great Crested Flycatcher was reported from many times that number of sites just in June of...
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    Bird Ident

    Welcome, W_Doyle. Your photo shows a juvenile male Brown-headed Cowbird molting into adult plumage.
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    Austin Texas small/med

    When was the photo taken? Brown-crested Flycatcher is essentially not reported from/near Austin in August, whereas Great Crested is reported from many locations in Austin in August, according to the eBird species maps.
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    What is this bird that I sometimes hear?? United States- Midwest

    The mystery bird sounds like a Tufted Titmouse to me.
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    Owl id - North Carolina

    Barred Owl
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    what is this bird USA-Florida-Lake County

    Welcome, GeeRob. It is not a Yellow-breasted Chat because the head pattern is different in the chat; it has a white line between the bill and the eye, and it lacks the mask of the yellowthroat. Common Yellowthroat Similar Species to, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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    Green Heron or Bittern Reno Nevada USA?

    Agreed on all points. I just checked the Washoe County eBird Rare Bird Alert (https://ebird.org/alert/summary?sid=SN35992&sortBy=obsDt&o=desc) (rolling 7 day time frame) and all 14 listings including this Green Heron are unconfirmed. The oldest sighting I see right now is from October 2.
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    Any ideas on this? New Bern, North Carolina. 10/4/2023..

    I've been there! eta: and I see that the date now says 10/4. :)
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