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    Help identifying this bird - Ontario

    Not in Ontario.
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    E-SIMs while abroad

    Hey Niels, which three networks? There are only three that matter in the US: Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T. Everybody else who offers national coverage does so by purchasing time on those networks. But that works without any kind of user intervention, so if you see a plan you like from a smaller...
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    Squacco Heron - North Atlantic Ocean - 173 km West of Morocco

    They migrate from sub-saharan Africa to Europe. If they can cross the Sahara (say, 1,000km between watering holes), then 173 km from shore is no big deal, and going to Canarias, Madeira or even the Azores is possible. (They do show up in the Azores, although quite rarely.)
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    Squacco Heron - North Atlantic Ocean - 173 km West of Morocco

    Sure look like squacco herons (and not, say, cattle egret).
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    ID Help - American Black Duck?

    Mallard or mostly-mallard. Note how nearly-white the tail is. Also, there's not much contrast between the head and the body, and the primaries are rather pale. Note that hybrids and back-crosses are common...
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    Greeting to all bird lovers from North Alabama

    Cooper's hawk is correct.* It's a young adult (eyes not very red). * I'm fairly sure it's not Sharp-shin: dark cap on top of head does not reach eye nor (as far as we can tell) extend down back of neck; head shape is squarish (though that could be feather ruffling).
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    Need help with a bird ID.

    It's an Oriole, female or immature male. Baltimore is the most likely but it could be Orchard as far as I can tell.
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    Feathers from Niagara Ontario

    You mean at the base of the shaft? Good question. There are some that get pretty dark right close to the root, but as for bright colors, I can't think of anything in North America either, besides flickers (Colaptes). Here's a South American toucan with yellow roots on some of its feathers...
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    Greeting to all bird lovers from North Alabama

    I did some online searching and was a bit surprised at how much variation I found in photos, but there's no "perhaps" about this one. Even the palest examples had relatively dark wings and tail, which this bird doesn't. It's quite interesting that this bird still has a dark bill, it means...
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    Illinois Birds - Nov 2024 and Mar 2025

    hm, 6082 might indeed have a reddish tail.
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    what hawk is it ?

    red-tailed hawk
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    Illinois Birds - Nov 2024 and Mar 2025

    5325_01 and 5326: cooper's 6082: I think broad-winged 0237: cooper's 0847_01: icterids. Six definite female/juvenile red-winged blackbirds; the darker birds look fine for male red-winged blackbirds but mixed flocks are not unusual and the shot it not quite good enough to be certain.
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    Southwest USA Raptors ID

    1 - sharp-shinned - note squared-off tail-tip when tail is folded 2 - red-tailed - belly band suggests it, patagial bar confirms it 3 - I'll go for juvenile coopers' hawk. Goshawk would have narrower, wavier tail bars (usually with thin white margins), and whiter eyebrow. 4 & 5 - not a species...
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    I am in Southern Utah went to verify a bird ID

    Northern Flicker is correct. They are resident in Utah year-round, but it's possible this one was on its way north to Canada. I'm not at all confident in the colors as represented in the photo, but the face pattern does not seem typical of a red-shafted flicker (which is what one should expect...
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    NJ. When best to remove these sparrows from living in my house

    (that's Dad.)
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