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AdamfromCanada

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• Aug 18, 2018

• #1

1) Buller's Shearwater? Off Newport Beach - August 2018

2) White-crowned Sparrow (with a very small crown)? San Francisco - June 2018

3) Anna's Hummingbird? San Diego - April 2018

4) Flycatcher of some sort? Can't find one that looks just like him in my book... San Diego - April 2018

5) Rock Wren? Los Angeles - June 2018

 

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KenM

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• Aug 19, 2018

• #2

I’m thinking Black Phoebe and Bewick’s Wren for 3 and 4, correct for 2 and 3, and am unsure about 1?

Cheers

 

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tom baxter

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• Aug 19, 2018

• #3

1 is probably black-vented shearwater
2. white crowned sparrow
3. looks pretty good for Anna's
4. juvenile black phoebe
5. bewick's wren

 

Jeff Hopkins

Just another...observer

• Aug 19, 2018

• #4

Agree with Tom

 

KC Foggin

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• Aug 19, 2018

• #5

Don't know #1 but I agree with Tom on the rest

 

njlarsen

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• Aug 19, 2018

• #6

Agree with Tom including the use of the word "probably" for #1

Niels

 

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rkj

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• Aug 19, 2018

• #7

njlarsen said:

Agree with Tom including the use of the word "probably" for #1

Niels

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I agree as well, but would add definitely not Buller's Shearwater (which is a much paler bird above) for #1, and I am not sure how one would distinguish Anna's from Costa's for the hummingbird.

 

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AdamfromCanada

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• Aug 19, 2018

• #8

njlarsen said:

Agree with Tom including the use of the word "probably" for #1

Niels

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Thanks all for the help.

With the shearwater - if it helps, here's three more shearwater photos I took from the same area. The first two were about a month earlier, and the one with the dolphin was the same day as the above photo. I'm not sure if they're all the same species though!

 

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tom baxter

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• Aug 19, 2018

• #9

those pictures continue to support black-vented shearwater. Audubons or Manx would have more white in the auriculars but hard to be certain without being able to see under the wings or tail

 

pbjosh

missing the neotropics

• Aug 19, 2018

• #10

As well Black-vented Shearwater is the common, expected species. Manx is a major rarity and AFAIK Audubon's unrecorded in California...

 

rbroadwell

Well-known member

• Aug 19, 2018

• #11

I'll go with Common Dolphin8-P