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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-12-07 03:39 PM
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Shall we play a game?
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semillama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-12-07 04:38 PM
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1. Oh, it's been a while.
Savannah Sparrow is what I say.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-12-07 04:43 PM
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2. Good.
Now you post a picture. :D
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semillama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-13-07 10:00 AM
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3. Alright, bird number 2
Other DU birders, please jump in! I suggest that unlike the last game, waiting to post a photo until someone gets the right ID. Whoever has the first correct ID is the one to post the next photo.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-13-07 06:14 PM
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4. Sooty Shearwater?
:shrug:
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semillama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-14-07 09:38 AM
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5. Correct!
After I posted it, I realized I had posted the photo before here in the thread about birding on my honeymoon...
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-14-07 11:36 PM
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6. Bird number 3, courtesy of Fuertes himself...
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AllegroRondo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 03:39 PM
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7. Its definitely a warbler of some kind
but beyond that Im clueless.
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semillama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-18-07 09:34 AM
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8. I'd say a Palm Warbler
Rusty cap, no wing bars, yellow supercilium, black line through the eye, the drab olive back and the suffused wash of yellow to the underparts.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-18-07 03:58 PM
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9. Nope
:P
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vireo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-19-07 11:38 AM
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10. I think I have a 50/50 shot at this
I'll say Orange-crowned Warbler.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-19-07 01:53 PM
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11. Ding!
That is correct. :D
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vireo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-19-07 03:20 PM
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12. My turn

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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-20-07 12:44 AM
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13. it looks like a house wren (I'm terrible at this kind of thing)
but maybe a winter wren?


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vireo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-21-07 10:23 PM
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16. Don't feel bad
Not a wren. It's not a very diagnostic photo, but I didn't want to make it too easy!
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-21-07 08:40 PM
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14. Unidentifiable Catharus thrush
(Unless you've got a call or song :P )
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vireo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-21-07 10:20 PM
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15. Here's another clue for you all
If it did sing or call, it would (sort of) tell you it's name.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-23-07 02:13 PM
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17. Since there ain't a bird that says "Gray-cheecked Thrush"
I am going to have to go with VEERY. :D
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vireo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-23-07 05:07 PM
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18. Correct
Not to be confused with vireo!
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-10-08 02:58 AM
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55. Was gonna say Vireo,
because my college professor wrote 'Listen the Red-Eyed Vireo,' and have wanted to tell you about it!
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-23-07 05:18 PM
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19. Next photo:
Edited on Sun Dec-23-07 05:19 PM by XemaSab
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-23-07 08:49 PM
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20. Plump Killdeer?
:shrug:
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-23-07 10:38 PM
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21. Nope
:P
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-23-07 10:48 PM
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22. I know it is a plover of some type.
Edited on Sun Dec-23-07 10:48 PM by Maestro
It has a black ring around its neck it looks like. How about a Piping Plover?
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-23-07 10:53 PM
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23. You're in the right genus
Or are you? :shrug: :o
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-23-07 11:02 PM
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24. Location of photograph?
Edited on Sun Dec-23-07 11:02 PM by Maestro
Throw me a bone here. :) Okay, I will move away from the coast and go inland again. A Snowy Plover?
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-23-07 11:24 PM
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25. Location of photo: Texas
(bwahahaha)
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-23-07 11:35 PM
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26. Dayummmmm! Do I feel dumb now!
Edited on Sun Dec-23-07 11:39 PM by Maestro
Okay, we have peeps all over the place plus killdeer,already know it is not that one. I am going to take another look. Hold on....

Okay, I keep zeroing in on the black band around its neck with a bit of white as well. I am going to say it is a Wilson's Plover adult non-breeding colors.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-23-07 11:43 PM
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27. Did you look at the bill?
:shrug:
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-23-07 11:47 PM
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28. No, not really.
Going back and looking, I can't really make anything out of it. It looks pretty straight and non-descript on my monitor. Of course, I probably just made a fool of myself. :)
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-23-07 11:54 PM
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29. Is it a dinky bill or a hefty bill?
Edited on Sun Dec-23-07 11:55 PM by XemaSab
:shrug:

And remember, your first thought was killdeer, but this bird only has one chest band. :P
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-24-07 04:59 PM
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30. Oh, and to relieve the suspense
You got it. It's a Wilson's Plover. :D
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-24-07 09:08 PM
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31. Dammit to hell, I was so confused!
I thought for sure it was the Wilson's after noticing the single band and coloring and overall shape, but when you came back with the bill comment, I thought that I must have been wrong. I couldn't see another shorebird that really fit though. Man, I am glad that is over. I guess it is my turn now. ;)
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-24-07 09:10 PM
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32. Here is my contribution.
Edited on Mon Dec-24-07 09:10 PM by Maestro
It's fairly obvious I think. I took this picture this past summer.
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StClone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-01-08 11:07 AM
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33. "Drrrch"
I know but won't tell! Looks like momma with a kid.
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semillama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 02:51 PM
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34. Dickcissels
A bird I missed last year, I think.
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 05:04 PM
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35. That's it!
Congrats!
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StClone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 11:37 PM
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41. Where I Live
The Dickcissel can be seen by the dozens in a day, thousands in a season...the flight call a dry rough buzzing drrch is commonly heard.
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semillama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 09:08 AM
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36. Next bird:
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 02:16 PM
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37. White Tailed Kite?
:shrug:
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semillama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 03:08 PM
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38. Correct!
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 05:43 PM
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39. Woohoo!
:woohoo:
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 05:46 PM
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40. My next one is a twofer
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StClone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 11:41 PM
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42. Springtime shot?
The Saynoris saya and Tyrannus verticalis look in fresh plumage in a bare tree -- Early May?
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-12-08 09:25 AM
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43. Not a Say's Phoebe in the background
nor a Western Kingbird, but you are very close with the kingbird. As you probably noticed they are both from the same family of birds, the flycatchers. This photo was taken in late fall, November, on the Central Texas Coast.
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StClone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-12-08 10:06 PM
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44. Try two
A Vermilion Flycatcher and Couch's Kingbird?
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-13-08 11:06 AM
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45. Bingo!
We have a winner! :hi:
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StClone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-13-08 01:56 PM
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46. The Vermilion Fooled me!
I've never seen one with pink so high on the breast and unstreaked. And so, I assumed it a Say's Phoebe and thus a photo from the West. With that, I "saw" white in the border of the outer tail feathers of the Kingbird without noting the yellow on the breast. On second look the white is an artifact on the left and a twig on the right tail feathers.
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-14-08 06:49 AM
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47. I believe that is an immature vermillion, IIRC.
At the same pond where I took this pic, the adult was nearby perching and periodically diving near the water to catch insects. The Couch's kingbirds who are also much bigger and gregrious than their western cousins were being, well, gregarious. They wouldn't shut up! ;)
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 08:16 PM
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48. New bird!
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semillama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 02:33 PM
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49. Bank Swallow is what I'd call it if I saw it in Ohio. N/t
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 03:14 PM
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50. That's what it is
:)

Your turn.
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semillama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 08:55 PM
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51. Ok, here we go


hint: the bird in question is the white gull :P
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-25-08 05:32 PM
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52. My first guess is Glaucous
:shrug:

But it looks small compared to the other gulls, and I can't really see the beak well. I've also never seen an adult Glaucous, but it has that "dumpy" look like the juvie bird that was here last month. :)
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semillama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 11:11 AM
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53. Nope, not Glaucous
Another hint is to ID the other gulls in the photograph and use them for size comparison.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-09-08 06:10 PM
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54. Iceland Gull?
:shrug:
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semillama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-10-08 03:52 PM
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56. Well, that took a while! Correct! n/t
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-10-08 04:16 PM
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57. New bird:
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-10-08 09:18 PM
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58. Juvenile Dunlin?
The beak sure looks like a Dunlin.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-11-08 01:55 AM
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59. Nope
:P
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-28-08 03:07 PM
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60. Location?
:shrug:
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semillama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 09:31 AM
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61. Stilt Sandpiper.
long bill drooping at the tip, slender body shape, and that tell-tale pale rufous patch over the ear give it away. Looks to be molting into breeding plumage.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 08:50 PM
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62. That's it!
:D
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semillama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-30-08 08:08 AM
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63. Here's the next one:


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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 09:57 PM
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66. Cerulean Warbler
I know it is a warbler. The bluish gray tones lead me to a cerulean.
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semillama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-05-08 11:17 AM
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68. Correct! n/t
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 08:20 AM
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69. Alright, coo!
I will post the next bird.
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-01-08 05:12 PM
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64. Very good!
:applause:
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semillama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 08:36 AM
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65. Thanks!!
All I have is a Nikon D40X with a 55-200mm zoom, not even a VR lens. It was my birthday present last year. It's tricky to get decent bird pictures with it, especially warblers, but every now and then one comes out that's worth looking at.

So any guesses on the ID? It's fairly easy.
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 03:21 PM
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67. Check post 66 for my guess.
:thumbsup:
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 08:24 AM
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70. Next bird is...
Edited on Tue May-06-08 08:24 AM by Maestro
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semillama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 03:16 PM
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71. I'm withholding my guess to give others a chance, but
let me saw: AWESOME!
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 09:38 PM
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72. Yeah it is a gimme, but they nest in my area
Edited on Wed May-07-08 09:38 PM by Maestro
so this is one of my recent photos of the guys. :) Thanks.
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