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    Saskatchewan, Canada - Thrush (gray cheeked, hermit, or Swanson's)

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    Raptor ID (SSHA, COHA, MERL??) - Saskatoon, SK, Canada

    Even with the behavior of it soaring/ circling above for some time? I've only ever seen them sprint really fast from tree to tree @Butty
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    Raptor ID (SSHA, COHA, MERL??) - Saskatoon, SK, Canada

    Soaring fairly high above me, I suspect Sharp Shinned hawk or Cooper's hawk. Any ideas? Thank you
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    Immature Herring or LBBG? Saskatoon - Canada

    I can't tell if this is a Herring gull or lesser black backed gull. Dark smudges on upper back, noticably dark eye spot. Please help!
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    Immature Gull ID - Saskatchewan Canada

    I'd like the first one to be a LBBG
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    Immature Gull ID - Saskatchewan Canada

    I'm thinking immature herring gull and immature ring billed gull but I'd like a second opinion because I'm very new at gull ID.
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    Black-Bellied or American Gold Plover? Saskatchewan, Canada

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    Sharp Shinned or Coopers? Saskatoon, SK, Canada

    Still can't tell these apart...
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    Quill Lakes, Sask, Canada - Golden or Bald Eagle?

    Can't tell... What are the field marks that I'm missing here? Thank you
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    Plover (Little Ringed or Long Billed) - Kyoto, Japan

    1. This two are of the same bird. Felt good about little ringed plover until I saw the second photo on the Merlin app for the long-billed plover (taken from Kyoto) which looks alarmingly similar. Walking in rocky island in river, no concern for us or those walking on the other side. 2. Photos...
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    NE of Nagano, Japan - Raptor ID

    What about the bird chasing the hawk eagle in 1?
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    NE of Nagano, Japan - Raptor ID

    A couple shots of raptors over the mountain foothills. 1. Mountain Hawk Eagle? 2. Gray Faced Buzzard? 3. I'm not sure. Not these are the same birds (color difference due to lighting) 4. No idea. Merlin thinks oriental honey buzzard?
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    Tokyo, Japan Hawk

    Seen soaring over national garden (large and diverse park). I'm thinking Eurasian Sparrowhawk or Northern Goshawk. Any idea? Photo from fairly far away. Thanks!
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    Bird at Feeder (Central Alberta/Saskatchewan in Canada)

    Hello. Pine siskin on the left, unknown bird to the right. Eating black oil sunflower seed at a feeder in backyard in Lloydminster (on the border between Alberta and Saskatchewan). This one comes from my dad - I know it looks like it could be a female house sparrow, but he says it's much larger...
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    Vagrant Black Headed Gull? Ontario, Canada

    Thanks for the help! Based on the responses, along with the fact that none of the experienced birders with spotting scopes logged a BHGU and this thread, I'm going to conclude it is indeed a BOGU.
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    Vagrant Black Headed Gull? Ontario, Canada

    Saw this bird at Hillman Marsh, Ontario Canadaon May 8 2022, just 10km north of Point Pelee. It was walking in among some dunlin. I was thrown off because the head was not black and didn't appear to wrap around the head like it does on the Bonaparte Gull. The closest thing I can visually match...
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