What Bird Is That Forum

Kevin wrote: Tue Mar 17, 2026 11:56 am Nothing like spending all night on an air mattress in freezing temps, I just barely bundled up enough to stay warm.

Dare we ask why you were on an air mattress? Do we need a Kickstarter to get you some box springs?

lonesome55dove wrote: Mon Mar 16, 2026 8:43 pm It isn't a great photo; it was taken with a cell phone, but an Osprey it is.

That looks like a trout that may have been at the limits of what the bird could lift!

john d wrote: Mon Mar 16, 2026 12:26 am So an Osprey is occupying your time?

That certainly would have been better than some of what popped up on yesterday's schedule.

Greyhawk wrote: Sun Mar 15, 2026 10:14 pm Cool.

I'm having trouble remembering ever having a bird of prey as the species of the week. Maybe an owl. Bear in mind I've only been around here for about two years.

Kevin and I probably burned through the raptors before you got here.

Lonestranger wrote: Sun Mar 15, 2026 10:39 pm If I am seeing what I think I am seeing, patagial markings and belly band, I'd call this a Red-tailed Hawk.

I can't tell how much of those markings are shadows, especially the patagials.

Greyhawk wrote: Sun Mar 15, 2026 10:05 pm Presumably some real life activity is occupying him.

Yep.

Osprey

Darling Bride says while I was over the border in SC this morning, four Wild Turkey wandered across the yard. They would have been yard lifers.

So this afternoon I'm birding from the back deck. I go in to refill my drink and when I get back, Merlin reports having heard Wild Turkey.

**** and ...

Darling Bride says while I was over the border in SC this morning, four Wild Turkey wandered across the yard. They would have been yard lifers.

****.

They're common in the county. Developers cleared a couple of hundred acres of woodland just north of our neighborhood. I suspect they wandered in ...

Greyhawk wrote: Fri Mar 13, 2026 8:42 pm Okay, I've made the lighter alternating background white. If you can't see that as you read this, clear your cache or something.

Thanks!

Pictured Rock National Lakeshore, 'Yooperland', Michigan. September 2020. https://ebird.org/checklist/S73930928

Darling Bride had long wanted to see Mackinac Island, so we flew to the Upper Peninsula for a week at the height of the COVID era. Other than mid-30s the days we arrived and left, the ...

Greyhawk, do you have control over the background colors for individual posts? Right now the color alternates between to similar shaded of blue-gray. Odd-numbered posts are a little darker than even-numbered ones. I'm wondering if the colors could be changed to ones less similar than the current ...

Good morning, Whatbirders! I assume everyone has gone through the spring ritual of desynchronizing your time pieces from your body clock. To celebrate,

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Lewis's Woodpecker

The guideline is only one photo per species per week, please. On those occasions when I name more ...

Greyhawk wrote: Sat Mar 07, 2026 11:06 pm I think I found it. Nobody should be able to register with that domain now.

Teacher, I helped!!!

Greyhawk wrote: Sat Mar 07, 2026 7:28 pm Up to 9, now. I guess I'll need to start removing them.

Thanks for the pest control! Any mechanism to block that domain entirely?

Heritage Shores Nature Preserve, Horry County, northeastern SC. March 2022. https://ebird.org/checklist/S104600020

Lonestranger wrote: Tue Mar 03, 2026 10:01 am I originally thought it might have been a late Pine Warbler ...

That was my first reaction although the tail color is wrong.

Greyhawk wrote: Mon Mar 02, 2026 9:17 pm Did you have a specific warbler in mind?

No, I'm not familiar enough with western warblers to think the bird resembles a specific one. I just got an overall warbler vibe from it, not an oriole one. I don't remember the original ID discussion.

Never mind, go back to sleep.

A rare out of range Bullocks Oriole from Nov 2023.
https://cdn.download.ams.birds.cornell.edu/api/v2/asset/611373760/2400

Okay, would someone explain the features of this bird that separate it from a warbler? The bill appears to delicate for an oriole, the colors don't seem to match male or ...

Kansabirdguy wrote: Sun Mar 01, 2026 2:23 pm Isn’t this just a Cardinal ...

There are no 'just a' birds!

Good March morning, Whatbirders! The randomly selected bird this week is a western species, so let's throw in another blackbird from the southeastern coast too.

Bullock's Oriole

Boat-tailed Grackle

The guideline is only one photo per species per week, please. On those occasions when I name more ...

Horry County SC. Oct 2023. eBird checklist S151179246

From the autumn 2023 meeting of the Carolina Bird Club. I picked up a couple of lifer shorbs on this trip. The mosquitos were ... challenging.

it has been rather warm this month in the Dallas area, in the 80s for a lot of days in February is really unusual. the one's that frequent my feeder typically leave in early Oct and return in April. maybe I should put my feeders back out. thou usually the Juncos are gone when the hummers get back ...

Zoroark wrote: Mon Feb 23, 2026 5:15 am I haven't added all the photos yet.

Looks like a fun trip. Are you still birding by camera without binos?

Good morning, Whatbirders! The random number generator spit out an East Coast species this morning, so I'm pairing with a western one!

Laughing Gull

California Gull

The guideline is only one photo per species per week, please. On those occasions when I name more than one species, you're welcome ...

Zoroark wrote: Sun Feb 22, 2026 1:59 am California Condor (tag is 2Y)
https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/651438384

Eight condors! Is there a trip report for this excursion? Thanks!

Looks like a Red-necked in between plumages. Wait for someone who's more familiar with them.

May 2025. Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument, New Mexico. eBird checklist S241522715

Lifer from last year's Taos - Santa Fe trip.

Good morning, Whatbirders! It's my favorite weekend of the year with two of my favorite activities. The NASCAR racing season starts and it's the Great Backyard Bird Count!

Western Kingbird

26 species for my neighborhood's GBBC event, including the first Black-crowned Night no-hyphen Heron I've spotted in the neighborhood.

https://ebird.org/checklist/S300553415

Other GBBC highlights include the first Baltimore Oriole in my backyard, my state-first Savannah Sparrows and American ...

Kevin wrote: Thu Feb 12, 2026 1:41 pm A family I know nothing a about...

Apparently more than I do.

birdie #1364:

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