Mitchell Lake, San Antonio, Texas (1 Viewer)

[Chuppy]

Hello!
I visited Mitchell Lake for the first time yesterday and saw a great haul of wildlife, including some fantastic photos of White Pelicans and an amazing view of a bobcat.
I was able to identify most of the birds pretty easily, some were similar or the same to what I am used to from the UK, several were ones I am already familiar with from around SA, some were just unique enough to be easy to figure out.
It took a little longer to identify a few birds (turns out Spotted Sandpipers don't have spots in winter!), but there are a few birds I snapped photos of that I am still having trouble identifying.











I want to say one is a Chipping Sparrow... but it just looks a bit off compared to the hordes of them I get devouring seed in my garden.

 

[Chuppy]

I'm not entirely sure on this grebe, from my bird book it seems as though it has too long a neck to be Horned or Eared grebe, so I was thinking it was either a Western or Clark's Grebe?



No clue on this one.



My best guess here is a female American Redstart?





Thanks for the help!
Tom

 

[Nutcracker]

Post 1:
1 Red-winged Blackbird, female
2 White-crowned Sparrow
3 Myrtle Warbler (a.k.a. Yellow-rumped Warbler)
4
5 Eastern Phoebe

Post 2:
1
2 Orange-crowned Warbler
3 Myrtle Warbler (a.k.a. Yellow-rumped Warbler)
4 Myrtle Warbler (a.k.a. Yellow-rumped Warbler)

 

[Birdbrain22]

Post 1:
1 Red-winged Blackbird, female
2 White-crowned Sparrow
3 Myrtle Warbler (a.k.a. Yellow-rumped Warbler)
4
5 Eastern Phoebe

Post 2:
1
2 Orange-crowned Warbler
3 Myrtle Warbler (a.k.a. Yellow-rumped Warbler)
4 Myrtle Warbler (a.k.a. Yellow-rumped Warbler)

Agree with these and will add...

4. is an immature White-crowned Sparrow
Post 2, pic 1 is an Eared Grebe that just has its neck stretched out.

 

[Chuppy]

Thanks! Some of them seem incredibly obvious now you've pointed out what they are...