A few from Lubbock, TX (1 Viewer)

rylirk

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• Oct 19, 2019

• #1

1. I had this as a Lark Bunting in the field, but photos seem to show a waaaay smaller bill. Large sparrow.
2. I had these as Townsend's Solitaire, but photos show at least one of them is clearly blue. Mountain Bluebirds?
3. Juv. Red-Naped Sapsucker?
4. From behaviour I believe this is a wren sp. ; is it possible to say any more?
5. Another wren. Another observer claimed rock wren for this bird (which would be unusual in a prairie habitat I think), is there any way to rule out rock wren from this?

 

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Indobirder

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• Oct 19, 2019

• #2

I agree with mountain Bluebird for 2

 

Microtus

Maryland USA (he/him)

• Oct 20, 2019

• #3

#1 is Vesper Sparrow: legs are pink, not dark as in Lark Bunting; the tail edges are white, not the tail tip; the wing bar is fairly narrow, not wide.

#2 is Mountain Bluebird.

#4 I think is a House Wren.

 

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rkj

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• Oct 20, 2019

• #4

If the photo was taken recently I think the Sapsucker is likely Yellow-bellied. Young Yellow-bellieds retain their juvenile plumage much longer than do Red-napeds; at this point in the year most Red-napeds would be showing at least some sign of molting into basic plumage.

 

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birdmeister

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• Oct 20, 2019

• #5

To add to the previous IDs, I would guess that #5 is Bewick's Wren. Perhaps best left unidentified, though!

 

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tom baxter

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• Oct 21, 2019

• #6

1 vesper sparrow
2 mountain bluebird
4 house wren

 

Birdbrain22

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• Oct 21, 2019

• #7

tom baxter said:

1 vesper sparrow
2 mountain bluebird
4 house wren

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Agree and will add 3 is a YB Sapsucker and Wren sp. for 5.