What Bird Is That Forum

Each week I'll name a bird species, usually on Sunday morning, usually an ABA Code 1 species. You're invited to post the photo you think is your best or most favorite of that species. The guideline is only one photo per species per week, please. On those occasions when I name more than one species, you're welcome to post one photo of each species. Once the next species is posted, the submission period for the previous species is over.

Okay, gang, let's start with a common one!

American Robin

Charlie Spencer wrote: Sun Jan 11, 2026 11:14 am American Robin

Crescent City, CA
2/24/74

April 2022, the American Robin preened for a few minutes and provided the camera with a few different feather arrangements, this was my favourite.


Cropping the photo to 1936x1291 left me with a 2MB file size that was too large to upload. Lowering the quality to 99% during export reduced the file size substantially from 2MB down to 582kb.

Lonestranger wrote: Sun Jan 11, 2026 3:25 pm Cropping the photo to 1936x1291 left me with a 2MB file size that was too large to upload. Lowering the quality to 99% during export reduced the file size substantially from 2MB down to 582kb.

As time goes on and I get a feel for our disk usage versus the available space, I may increase the limit.

Your photo looks great as posted.

Good morning everyone...
Happy to see this thread back up. Thank you to @Greyhawk and @Charlie Spencer.
Could someone please tell me how to post a photo? Thank you!!

lonesome55dove wrote: Sun Jan 11, 2026 6:36 pm Could someone please tell me how to post a photo? Thank you!!

I've found a couple of methods but let's start with where the desired photos are stored. What garbage can are you wanting to pull them out of?

Charlie Spencer wrote: Sun Jan 11, 2026 6:52 pm

lonesome55dove wrote: Sun Jan 11, 2026 6:36 pm Could someone please tell me how to post a photo? Thank you!!

I've found a couple of methods but let's start with where the desired photos are stored. What garbage can are you wanting to pull them out of?

I can use Flickr or Google Photos.

lonesome55dove wrote: Sun Jan 11, 2026 6:57 pm I can use Flickr or Google Photos.

Okay, we'll have to wait for someone else to respond. I'm not familiar with either of those.

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Charlie Spencer wrote: Sun Jan 11, 2026 7:03 pm

lonesome55dove wrote: Sun Jan 11, 2026 6:57 pm I can use Flickr or Google Photos.

Okay, we'll have to wait for someone else to respond. I'm not familiar with either of those.

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I'm up for an alternative program if you would like to recommend one. Thank you, I appreciate your help.

Lol!

lonesome55dove wrote: Sun Jan 11, 2026 7:26 pm I'm up for an alternative program if you would like to recommend one. Thank you, I appreciate your help.
Lol!

I have no suggestions. I only share my photos as attachments to my eBird checklists. They're viewable there or in the associated Macaulay library. I don't use any of the popular photo sharing services so I can't make any recommendations.

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