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Recent content by SteveC_07

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    Need help with identification

    Sirijay, I also think this if a female Sharptailed Grouse. The only other real possibility would be a female Greater Prairie-Chicken, but I'm pretty sure it's a Grouse.
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    Prairie Falcon? - South Dakota, US

    Veagle, Here is a Prairie Falcon I saw this past weekend. (Also a lifer for me). Other than the fact mine has a darker mustache, it might as well be the same bird. I had a great size reference in that an RT Hawk was sitting in the same tree.
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    ID: Katmai NP Alaska

    I've also found that when there are lots of bears around I tend to pay much less attention to the birds.
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    Which Falcon is this?

    Yes. I was pretty sure it was a PF. I know it was too big for Merlin, but was afraid it may have been an immature Peregrine. Somehow I've seen probably 40+ Peregrines in my life, but never a Prairie Falcon. Does anyone know which is more common?
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    Hummers in Guayabamba, Ecuador

    I don't know what these are and they are not showing up in my North American field guides. I just wanted to say that these are very spectacular photos. And, do you know what kind of flower that is in the first photo?
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    Which Falcon is this?

    I think I know what it is, but it would be a lifer for me so I would like your input.
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    What is the oddball in this flock?

    Is that total or just the Aransas group?
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    What is the oddball in this flock?

    These birds are part of what's known as the Aransas flock because they winter at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in Texas. This is the only wild, self-sustaining population of Whoopers left. This group had a disastrous year last year - 20 of the birds starved to death because of the severe...
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    What is the oddball in this flock?

    Birdingcraft, I think you'd better get up to Aransas NWR, I don't think the birds will be flying all the way to you.
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    What is the oddball in this flock?

    I was told there were 5 more Whoopers in a marsh north of these that were mixed in with thousands of Sandhill Cranes. I drove up for a look but couldn't find them. I didn't try too hard though, I figured I was getting greedy. Here's an enlarged and cropped picture.
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    What is the oddball in this flock?

    Yes, as excited as I was about the American White Pelican, the thirteen Whooping Cranes kind of made my year.
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    What is the oddball in this flock?

    Actually I don't need any ID help, I just wanted to rub it in. I just got back from Cheyenne Bottoms.
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    woodpeckers tumbler ridge BC Canada

    What about female/juv Williamson's? I looked up Tumbler Ridge and it would be close to normal range. There's a female Williamson's in Kansas right now, so maybe I just have them on the brain.
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    Shrike, NW Pakistan

    According to a birder in China, the Long-Tailed Shrike occurs there, so probably in Pakistan also. Here's a picture. Looks like a pretty good match.
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    What do I have here?

    This is one of two of my feeder birds I believe are male Cassiar's. The other one had no trace of brown on its back whereas this one has a little bit.
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