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Two birds in North Central Texas
Females in their first spring can be very dull, showing very little or no yellow.- D Halas
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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warbler like bird, N. Florida, today. ID help please
Ruby-crowned Kinglet is correct.- D Halas
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Lesser or Greater Yellowlegs?
It's a Greater Yellowlegs. The bill is much longer than the head, and pale at the base.- D Halas
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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I don't Know what this is. Haverhill, Mass.
American Goldfinch.- D Halas
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Crow - Ontario
That makes it almost certainly an American Crow, but Fish Crow is not completely out of the range of possibility. For what it's worth, if I saw a silent crow that far north from the shore of Lake Ontario, I'd have no concerns about recording it as an American Crow.- D Halas
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Warblers, Wren, and Flycatcher August 8 Hamilton, Ontario
I agree with cajanuma on all the photos. For the warbler, note the pale streaks on the back - Blackpoll Warblers don't have those. For the flycatcher, the primary projection looks too long for Least, and there's too much pigment on the throat and belly as well.- D Halas
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Lesser Yellowlegs-St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Yes, it's a Spotted Sandpiper.- D Halas
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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What does paraphyletic REALLY mean?
As THE_FERN says, the issue is that linear sequences can't capture the full structure of a phylogenetic tree. In a proper linear sequence of species, all species that are each other's closest relatives will necessarily be adjacent in the sequence, but not all species that are adjacent in the...- D Halas
- Post #3
- Forum: Bird Taxonomy and Nomenclature
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Michigan Sandpiper
The second bird is a Semipalmated Sandpiper; the first is a Least Sandpiper with its legs in shadow, making them appear darker than they actually are.- D Halas
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Sparrow ID, Please. North Dakota,USA. Thanks!
It's a Clay-colored Sparrow. Chipping Sparrows have a dark line through the lores in all plumages.- D Halas
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Smallish birds feeding at a lake - Pennsylvania, USA
Some kind of swallow or martin, but not identifiable to species from your description.- D Halas
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Is this an arctic loon?
Loons have a fairly long lifespan (15 to 30 years) and the mortality rate is fairly low once they've reached full size. Since loons show adult plumage from their second year onwards, there will necessarily be a lot more loons in adult plumage than in first-year plumage on any sufficiently large...- D Halas
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Is this an arctic loon?
It is a Common Loon, either a juvenile or a first-summer bird.- D Halas
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Cedar Waxwing Call
American Robins have a high-pitched "seeeee" call that can sound similar, but it doesn't have the slight raspiness of a Cedar Waxwing call.- D Halas
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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warbler, Michigan. Id help please
I agree with the last three posters – it's a Black-throated Green Warbler. nartreb explained why quite nicely.- D Halas
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Saw this little thing on the trail last evening
Spruce Grouse are found in New York only in the Adirondacks. This is a Ruffed Grouse. The black on the throat and chest are the erect ruffs of a male. They do this at this time of year as a distraction display to defend their young.- D Halas
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Can Somebody Please Identify This Bird? Stick Marsh, Florida
That's a Barn Swallow.- D Halas
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Sparrow? US, Mid Atlantic
It's a female Rose-breasted Grosbeak.- D Halas
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Mystery Sounding Bird - North Georgia
It sounds like a Blue Jay, one of the calls variously known as the "rusty pump handle" or "squeaky clothesline" call, among others.- D Halas
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Long-tailed Duck - Montauk Point SP, NY, USA
Long-tailed Duck.- D Halas
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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?? gnatcatcher St Charles , MO
This is a Warbling Vireo. The proportions of a gnatcatcher are completely different – the tail is much longer, for one.- D Halas
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Warbler - Tifft Nature Preserve - Buffalo, NY
Yellow Warbler.- D Halas
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Warbling Vireo? - Eastern Ontario, Canada
It's a Warbling Vireo. The lores aren't dark enough for Philadelphia Vireo.- D Halas
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Palm warbler? Kingston ON
Definitely a Palm Warbler. Congratulations on your +1.- D Halas
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Michigan Thrush
Definitely a Veery, for the reasons given by nartreb.- D Halas
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A