Old photos 3 - Virginia (1 Viewer)

[UKBirder23]

Okay, while I'm at it, here are a few more from a long time ago. You all have been so helpful thus far, so I thought I'd just confirm these old sightings. All photos taken in Virginia, except final shot which is from Delaware. My thoughts are:
1. Spotted Sandpiper
2. Solitary Sandpiper
3. Wood Thrush
4. Yes, it's a Dark-eyed Junco, but could it be a subspecies?
5. Purple Finches
6/7. Eastern Wood Peewee?
8. And just for fun... any idea what on earth this bird could be?

Thank you all, I think I've exhausted these old photos now, but I can't promise that!

 

[kevinsl06]

1. Spotted Sandpiper
2. Solitary Sandpiper
3. Wood Thrush
4. Yes, it's a Dark-eyed Junco, but could it be a subspecies?
5. Purple Finches
6/7. Eastern Wood Peewee?
8. And just for fun... any idea what on earth this bird could be?

1 Yeah.
2 Think so.
3 Thrush sp.
4 Pass.
5 Yes.
6-7 Pass.
8 Eagle/Hawk?

 

[BIRDseeN]

#2 looks like a Greater Yellowlegs. First clue is the bill which looks longish and quite thick at the base. Also tertial pattern showing stripes.

 

[AveryBartels]

3. Not a Wood Thrush for sure but tough to be certain beyond that. Has the more compact "giss" of a Hermit Thrush but hard to make out field marks
4. wouldn't want to call the subspecies definitively from this photo alone but I can't see anything to discount the expected "Slate-colored" subspecies
6-7. I would lean towards Eastern Wood-pewee yes, due to the long primary projection

 

[UKBirder23]

3. Not a Wood Thrush for sure but tough to be certain beyond that. Has the more compact "giss" of a Hermit Thrush but hard to make out field marks
4. wouldn't want to call the subspecies definitively from this photo alone but I can't see anything to discount the expected "Slate-colored" subspecies
6-7. I would lean towards Eastern Wood-pewee yes, due to the long primary projection

Thank you, I think you are quite right with Hermit Thrush - I do have a record of having seen one years ago, so that photo is probably it.

 

[UKBirder23]

#2 looks like a Greater Yellowlegs. First clue is the bill which looks longish and quite thick at the base. Also tertial pattern showing stripes.

Thanks, I don't think it was a Greater Yellowlegs though - the legs were too dull in colour, and the bird was too small, if I recall correctly.

 

[nartreb]

#8 is a Leica.

Oh, the bird? My first thought is that it seems to have stout/thickly feathered thighs and a broad tail, which makes me think of a hawk. But on closer inspection, I was fooled by a green leaf in the foreground interrupting the silhouette. Could really be anything - canada goose preening itself, a robin... some possibilities can be eliminated if you remember where it was taken. Was the bird on the ground or in a treetop? Wet habitat or dry?

 

[UKBirder23]

#8 is a Leica.

Oh, the bird? My first thought is that it seems to have stout/thickly feathered thighs and a broad tail, which makes me think of a hawk. But on closer inspection, I was fooled by a green leaf in the foreground interrupting the silhouette. Could really be anything - canada goose preening itself, a robin... some possibilities can be eliminated if you remember where it was taken. Was the bird on the ground or in a treetop? Wet habitat or dry?

The photo, if I recall correctly, was taken in a field in Delaware, in winter, right by the coast.

 

[connorco]

My best guess for the last bird would be a young Bald Eagle by habitat, coloration, and shape.

 

[Microtus]

My best guess for the last bird would be a young Bald Eagle by habitat, coloration, and shape.

I agree with that assessment

 

[UKBirder23]

Thank you all!