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    Crow vs raven, Vancouver Island

    Normally these are easy to tell apart, but this one had me scratching my head. Small raven? Large northwestern crow? The beak looks on the heavy side for a crow.
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    Goose, Southern Vancouver Island

    Thanks! That's right - just a piece of seaweed in the mouth.
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    Goose, Southern Vancouver Island

    Hi everyone, Is this an escaped domestic goose flocking with Canada geese? Thanks!
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    Dowitchers (North Vancouver Island)

    Thanks both. I appreciate the insight. Interestingly, I found a whole paper on distinguishing the two: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/f11d/b09a02a95cd6f973693b6b04723e910211a2.pdf
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    Dowitchers (North Vancouver Island)

    Hi everyone, These two are two separate dowitchers (so not necessarily the same species). Both I'm having a bit of trouble with. I had tentatively IDed the first one as a short-billed, but now having some doubts. These were both seen on North Vancouver Island, up near Port Hardy. Any thoughts?
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    Japan, a couple of birds

    It was in late January 2019 (about a week ago), in Ibaraki prefecture, about two hours by train north of Tokyo, in a fairly rural area. Looking at the range map, it is well within the winter range for the masked bunting. I also didn't realize they were sometimes considered two different species...
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    Japan, a couple of birds

    Thanks for all the replies! I was leaning towards a carrion for the crow. They're not very easy to tell apart. You see a lot of large-billed crows in the city (they seem to call them jungle crows here). This one seemed a bit different. For the bunting, I also suspected a black-faced at first...
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    Japan, a couple of birds

    On a trip to Japan, came across a couple of birds I wasn't sure about. The first one is mostly yellow with a face that seemed blackish. Maybe a bunting? I didn't get a clear view of the back. The second, a gull. A slaty-backed? vega? The third is either a jungle crow or a carrion crow.
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    Off the coast of Southern Vancouver Island

    That's it! I've never seen them look so white, so I just didn't make the connection.
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    Off the coast of Southern Vancouver Island

    Any thoughts on this? It was about a fifty yards from the shore (easily visible from the beach).
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    Off the coast of Vancouver Island

    Thanks all! I still find these two to be very challenging, and I appreciate all your insight and comments.
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    Off the coast of Vancouver Island

    I think the original photograph is the best one, but I've attached another one which does show a slightly different angle and might give an impression of its shape. The details are not as clear though.
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    Off the coast of Vancouver Island

    One thing that lead me to lean toward's pelagic was that it seemed to completely lack any throat coloring, but I'm not sure that is always diagnostic.
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    Off the coast of Vancouver Island

    Any thoughts on this one? I still have quite a lot of trouble with Brandts and pelagics.
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    Warblers on Vancouver Island

    Thanks everyone! The leg color is a great tip. The left-hand one has pink legs, making it very likely a MacGillivary's.
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    Warblers on Vancouver Island

    These are two warblers in the backyard, not on the same day. At first I thought the first was a MacGillivary's warbler. Today I saw this other warbler, that I'm fairly sure is an orange-crowned. When I was browsing some images of the orange-crowned, I saw that the immatures can have some...
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    Hawk, sharp-shinned or Cooper's, Vancouver Island

    Thanks again everybody, and I will pass those compliments about the photos to my friends!
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    Hawk, sharp-shinned or Cooper's, Vancouver Island

    It was definitely educational for me! What aspects of the last two pictures put it over the head? The dark head?
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    Hawk, sharp-shinned or Cooper's, Vancouver Island

    Thanks a lot for all the responses everyone. I like that approach of assigning points jmorlan. It's a bit of a puzzle between these two species. I have attached a couple more pictures that might help with a consensus.
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    Hawk, sharp-shinned or Cooper's, Vancouver Island

    This one is from a friend. One of the viewers thought it was smaller than usual for a Cooper's, but overall we are inconclusive in terms of size. Any thoughts?
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    Thrush, South Vancouver Island

    Thanks very much both of you!
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    Thrush, South Vancouver Island

    Based on the location, this could only be a hermit thrush or a Swainson's thrush. Not an extremely distinct eye-ring but it is there, and the tail contrast seems very subtle, but also seems to be there. Slightly leaning towards a hermit, but any thoughts?? Thanks!
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    Flycatcher, Southern Vancouver Island

    I am leaning towards the pewee for those first two. Not sure about the second one. Here's one last one. This one I suppose is unidentifiable from the photo. Flycatchers are tough. I ought to hone my hearing, as I think that's the best way to distinguish them.
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    Flycatcher, Southern Vancouver Island

    Could be western then? (in the Pacific North-West). Here's another flycatcher (and an even worse picture). Seen soon after the first one, but I don't think it's the same one. This one has a distinctly greenish tingue.
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    Flycatcher, Southern Vancouver Island

    Sorry for the poor quality of the photo. The head is not extremely peaked, but that could just be the position, sitting squat. Grayish, with no eye-ring. White bellow. Western wood-pewee?
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