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opisska

rabid twitcher

• Jul 16, 2019

• #1

1,2 - Joshua Tree
3 - Salton See: Long or Short billed?
4,5 - Imperial NWR, Yuma

End of March 2019

 

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Last edited: Jul 16, 2019

foresttwitcher

Virtually unknown member

• Jul 16, 2019

• #2

4. If that pinkish / peach flush is on the flanks I presume it must be a Say's Phoebe.

 

opisska

rabid twitcher

• Jul 16, 2019

• #3

foresttwitcher said:

4. If that pinkish / peach flush is on the flanks I presume it must be a Say's Phoebe.

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Thanks! I am somehow so used to Iding Says's Phoebes immediately when seen from any other angle (it's one of the birds we saw a lot) that it did not come to my mind that a "troubled" bird could also be one.

 

Microtus

Maryland USA (he/him)

• Jul 16, 2019

• #4

#4 is a Myiarchus.
#1 is a Vesper Sparrow.

 

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birdmeister

Well-known member

• Jul 16, 2019

• #5

#1. Vesper Sparrow
#2 and #4. Ash-throated Flycatcher

I'm not sure on the rest.

 

Jeff Hopkins

Just another...observer

• Jul 16, 2019

• #6

I think #2 is an Ash-throated.

On the dowitchers, I'm seeing a bright white patch where the fore-wing joins the body. That is a long-billed feature (short-billed would be barred). But the picture quality isn't the greatest, so I might be wrong.

And I agree with Microtus that #4 is a Myiarchus, but at that angle, I don't see enough to go further than that.

 

jmepler

It's just a flesh wound.

• Jul 16, 2019

• #7

Jeff hopkins said:

On the dowitchers, I'm seeing a bright white patch where the fore-wing joins the body. That is a long-billed feature (short-billed would be barred). But the picture quality isn't the greatest, so I might be wrong.

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There were no SBDO reported to eBird in March at Salton Sea. A few reported in April, but none with pictures. I think that this combined with what looks like a white under-wing patch in the pictures, I would feel confident in calling them Long-Billed Dowitchers.

 

opisska

rabid twitcher

• Jul 16, 2019

• #8

#2 being a Myiarchus is quite the surprise - but when I looked at other shots of the same bird and brightened them a bid, it suddenly doesn't look so weird

 

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foresttwitcher

Virtually unknown member

• Jul 16, 2019

• #9

Sorry, Jan, I seem to have misled myself and you - I guess the colour I saw is not on the flanks so ignore my input and go with the locals.