Well if it helps that jay was a lot closer to me then it seems in the photo...so maybe a sharp-shinned, my gut told me coopers but that just my gut, its been wrong, many times
So the best clue would be the skinnier legs? I also read somewhere that sharp-shinned hawks aren't often seen on telephone/light poles...I see a lot of em', just don't know how to tell the difference yet
I lean to Coopers, they are common around my neighborhood but I just can't be certain...how do I know i'm not seeing some Sharp-shinned hawks every once in awhile? He had just nailed a starling and was being mobbed by mockingbirds, blue jays, and boat-tailed grackles...the sun was setting, this...
pretty sure its an eastern kingbird, just need to confirmation to feel happy and whole again:
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/ilikebuscuits/Birdin/IMG_9478_zps19078b41.jpg
So many warblers flying around the last few days, got a lot of new birds on the list and couldn't be happier...well, I could if I could figure out these little things on my own but here I am again:
1. odd blackpoll maybe...
I believe this to be a Least Sandpiper...I hope I'm right:
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/ilikebuscuits/birdin%20ID%20photos/IMG_9346_zps9734901d.jpg
I'm in no way an expert but it didn't look like a gray to me...seemed to have a black cap, but the bill looks a little big for an eastern...but again, I'm no expert
Of course this guy set up in the one tree we couldn't get near at all...this was in Goodland, FL, right around The Little Bar. Didn't see any color on him but the light was pretty bad, he had a few friends with him too, sorry for the shite pictures...
Got a few new ones for me:
1. Blackburnian Warbler?
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/ilikebuscuits/birdin%20ID%20photos/IMG_8882_zpsed8030f0.jpg
2. Lesser Yellowlegs?
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/ilikebuscuits/birdin%20ID%20photos/IMG_8943_zps380e2125.jpg
3. I am completely...
I don't know about amberjack, I've been catching those reef donkey's for decades and the photo doesn't make me think of one. But I agree it seems as if its not likely a pompano dolphin either... I have a friend in NOAA who is an fish-o-phile, he will know...
I'd second this, definitely not a member of the jack family. The tail is similar to a trevally but the body shape is too long. I'd go with pompano Dolphin. And as for the second pic it is most likely a bonito, skipjack, little tunny, or another small member of the Tuna family.
Ok, added a few more to the list, I think, lets see if I was right on any of these:
1. I wanted to go with Herring Gull on this one but there is a lot of red on the end of the bill so i'm saying Yellow-legged Gull...
I'm almost 100% these are both Yellow-throated warblers...am I right?
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/ilikebuscuits/Birdin/IMG_7497_zps62d55137.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/ilikebuscuits/Birdin/IMG_8010_zpsf4aac467.jpg
thanks in advance!
just got back from 6 days of kayaking from Marco Island to Everglades City, saw a good number of birds, including a common loon in West Bay pass during slack tide...I'm new to this so the shorebirds still confuse me, I know the semi-palmated pipers, sanderlings, and ruddy turnstones...but what...
This was from Corkscrew a week ago, pretty sure its a Great Crested but can't be 100% on it...
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/ilikebuscuits/Birdin/IMG_7459_zps3eb6907e.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/ilikebuscuits/Birdin/IMG_7489_zpsd4bf8755.jpg
Oh I know this is easy for a true birder but as I am just starting out...well, lets just say flycatchers are tough, sparrows are worse, for me...any help would be appreciated!
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/ilikebuscuits/Birdin/IMG_7536_zps2bc38776.jpg...
This is my first post on this forum, I'm new to birding in general so I'm sure I'll be asking for ID often...there always seems to be few a I can't figure out.
Just got back from 4 days in the Dry Tortugas, it was a fish and dive trip but I did get a little time to stalk about Fort Jefferson...
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