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    Unknown bird Malheur, Oregon, USA

    I'm traveling so my monitor is ---- not great. But with all due respect, even without being able to view the pic well, this is seems to be a frontal shot of a young barn swallow. Juvie barn swallows do not have the "swallow tail" yet and they have a broad dark breast band. Barn swallows are...
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    newbirdbob

    Here's my long-shot of a guess: how about a male Brown-headed Cowbird? A male in fresh breeding plumage would be very shiny black in the body, and the right lighting could make the brown head look reddish in comparison. Its about the size of a Robin, and the song is somewhat musical. Yellow...
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    Stumped

    I'm with Buckeye - aside from the yellow crown stripe I don't see how this isn't describing a female-type Black Headed Grosbeak. It may not be your bird, but surely its "in the ballpark" of your description? I'll try to attach one of my own images for your comparison, but I'm not a...
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    Help!!! Birds Nest on Newly Purchased Shrub

    I think the problem is that the OP found the nest in the purchased shrub on arriving home with it. Leaving it alone does not help the parents as they are miles away at the nursery, and cannot come back to it - even if they wanted to. I do not know the answer to your question for sure. If it...
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    Found in Clovis, NM

    Agree with female House Sparrow. With the black feet and 2 strong wing bars, I see an empid in the second. Dark throat, vesty-looking, small bill - I'll say "Hammond's" but without much conviction.
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    Thayer's or Western Gull? - USA Ocean Shores WA

    I think not Thayer's because of the yellow orbital ring and the underwing pattern. The underside of the folded wingtip would be all-white with a black tip on a Thayer's. But on Western and Herring the underwing is black at the base, with a white patch and then black again at the tip. This is...
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    Pacific Hairy in St. Louis MO ?

    Chiming in to agree that the rufous wash on your bird is not typical of our pacific populations in either Hairy or Downy:they are sooty-gray, and as fugl says, less extensively marked with white. I've never seen this coloration on a Downy - quite a striking bird.
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    Junco/Chickadee? Washington State, US

    Agreed. Although, I think its technically leucism since most of the bird is normally colored. A good discussion of leucism and albinism in birds can be found here: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/AboutBirdsandFeeding/Albinism_Leucism.htm
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    Western&Clark's Grebes? PugetSound, Edmonds, WA US

    For a really outstanding discussion about separating the two species, complete with excellent images, you should take a look here: http://nwbackyardbirder.blogspot.com/2010/07/identification-clarks-and-western.html Personally, I think it is a Western in non-breeding plumage due to the...
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    New Mexico Falcon ID

    Juvenile Peregrine. Among other things, the juveniles can show a pale supercilium. They can appear longer and broader-winged than adults in flight because of a difference in the size of the remiges and retrices (per Wheeler).
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    Downy Or Hairy?

    Just to add to what FUGL has said - As you move westward, both Downies and Hairies generally show more extensive black and less white, and the westernmost birds are very sooty - not a bright white like their eastern counterparts. So, applying eastern plumage standards (whether there are spots...
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    Found in Santa Rosa, NM on 1/15/11 and need help!

    Agree with Rock Wren for the first bird. Female Mountain Bluebird for the second.
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    Need ID ... Boise, Idaho, USA

    Imm. Bald Eagle. The white at the shoulder and the lack of white at the base of the tail, as well as the impression of a very large beak for the face makes me call it a immature Bald.
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    Scratching my head

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    Scratching my head

    KC - Just out of curiosity - with the strong facial pattern and unstreaked undertail, why is it not a female Purple finch?
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