Outdoor Ontario
Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: winz on March 24, 2015, 07:42:06 AM
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Need some help with these from So. Cal. earlier this month
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7587/16915492715_5ccc3ddc07_z.jpg)
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8697/16708156007_b345dd3416_z.jpg)
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7637/16728067190_960c34fd8e_z.jpg)
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7638/16728065940_3951378bbd_z.jpg)
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8731/16889567926_afe03e24fa_z.jpg)
Thanks for your help.
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1. Looks like Dowitchers, not sure what kind.
2. Female Lesser Goldfinch, I think.
3. Common Sandpiper, I think.
4. Another Dowitcher?
5. Cooper's/Sharp-shinned Hawk, I lean towards Sharp-shinned
/Thomas
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1. Looks like Dowitchers, not sure what kind.
2. Female Lesser Goldfinch, I think.
3. Common Sandpiper, I think.
4. Another Dowitcher?
5. Cooper's/Sharp-shinned Hawk, I lean towards Sharp-shinned
/Thomas
Thanks Thomas. I checked ebird and mainly Long-billed Dowitchers were reported in the San Jaoquin Wildlife Sanctuary. The bird in the second picture had a large insect in it's bill, so I didn't think of Lesser Goldfinch. Common Sandpiper is very rare for So Cal, maybe a Spotted Sandpiper? Number 5 looks like a Sharp-shinned, I didn't get a photo of the full tail, which would have given us a better chance of identifying.
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I just posted the Sandpiper on Whatbird and got reply back that it is Spotted Sandpiper - non breeding plumage.
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Yeah, Spotted Sandpiper of course, mind slip by me. The Common is not so common.
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It's a sharp shinned hawk.
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It's a sharp shinned hawk.
Thanks Henrique. What feature or features point to Sharp-shinned rather than Cooper's? I believe this is an adult bird, with the orange red eyes and darker head, am I correct?
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Yes. An adult. I like to look at the head mostly. Flat topped head, smaller eye proportions, and lack of pale nape which coopers has. It also has more of a hooded appearance vs a coopers which should have a more capped appearance.