Come and Guess. (1 Viewer)

[Progne Subis]

No NA field guide, eh? Well, I'd say you're doing pretty well because... you're correct! It's a Gull-billed Tern alright. My favorite North American tern besides Least... We also saw Royal, Elegant, tons of Caspians, Forster's and Black Skimmers in SoCal.

Now for something completely different...

 

[cnybirder]

Dark-eyed Junco

 

[Progne Subis]

Not a DEJU...

 

[goshawk227]

Black-chinned Sparrow. Nice bird.

 

[Progne Subis]

Black-chinned Sparrow. Nice bird.

I'll say. A BCSP it is. I was able to call this bird in for a closer view from high up on a brushy hillside for the birding group I was with since I have this sparrow's song as a ring tone on my phone... It was a really exciting encounter.

Here's an easy one

 

[biznob]

scrub jay?
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[Jim M.]

Island Scrub-Jay?

 

[Progne Subis]

Island Scrub-Jay?

Yes, a Scrub-Jay of the Island variety. Santa Cruz is a really cool place.

This one shouldn't take long either...

 

[goshawk227]

White-throated Swift?

 

[Progne Subis]

That's it! Nicely solved... We saw several WTSWs along Hwy S22 east going toward the Salton Sea. A pretty, yet sometimes barren place...

Anyway, here are the full pictures of the ISSJ, WTSW, and new quiz bird

 

[Progne Subis]

Is a clue necessary?

 

[goshawk227]

I sure dont have any idea

 

[Progne Subis]

Okay, I'll tell you what you're looking at. That thing in the upper right hand corner is a beak... Now see it?

 

[Sue Wright]

Yep, saw that much last night, Tayler, it's the colour of it that has me stumped. Is it an Owl?

Sue

 

[Progne Subis]

Yep, saw that much last night, Tayler, it's the colour of it that has me stumped. Is it an Owl?

Sue

An owl you ask? Yes it is.

 

[Jim M.]

An owl you ask? Yes it is.

Now that Sue has helped us narrow things down (good guess on owl!), I reckon it must be a barn owl, no?

Jim

 

[Progne Subis]

Now that Sue has helped us narrow things down (good guess on owl!), I reckon it must be a barn owl, no?

Jim

A Barn Owl it is! Nice work you two.

Here comes another quiz bird!

 

[goshawk227]

I saw the beak, just didnt know what it was
Black-throated Sparrow?

 

[Progne Subis]

I saw the beak, just didnt know what it was
Black-throated Sparrow?

Not a Black-throated Sparrow...

 

[goshawk227]

Acorn Woodpecker? Still w/o field guide