Outdoor Ontario

Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: Shortsighted on October 26, 2017, 07:04:40 PM

Title: Mystery Bird Game
Post by: Shortsighted on October 26, 2017, 07:04:40 PM

Snippet of a mystery bird. Any guesses?
Will post whole photo later revealing identity, assuming I got it right
in the first place. Those with ID skills will hopefully edify me if I'm wrong
Let's start with an easy one.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-SsvtWH7/0/ed65da1c/Th/i-SsvtWH7-Th.jpg) (https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-358cgw/i-SsvtWH7/A)

Shortsighted

Title: Re: Mystery Bird Game
Post by: Paul O'Toole on October 27, 2017, 06:51:03 PM

Male Red-winged blackbird, shot of the wing.

Title: Re: Mystery Bird Game
Post by: Shortsighted on October 27, 2017, 08:52:45 PM

Snippet of Mystery Bird

(https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-VTP8K3G/0/79f6a9bf/Th/i-VTP8K3G-Th.jpg) (https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-358cgw/i-VTP8K3G/A)

Title: Re: Mystery Bird Game
Post by: Shortsighted on October 28, 2017, 01:52:32 PM

Mystery Bird Portrait Game - 3
(https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-k544QLL/0/197dda97/S/i-k544QLL-S.jpg) (https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-358cgw/i-k544QLL/A)

Mystery Bird Portrait Game - 4
(https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-gJS8THM/0/2ccab743/S/i-gJS8THM-S.jpg) (https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-358cgw/i-gJS8THM/A)

Mystery Bird Portrait Game - 5
(https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-ZFspjZ9/0/8003dc8b/S/i-ZFspjZ9-S.jpg) (https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-358cgw/i-ZFspjZ9/A)

Full image will later be posted in the photography section ... unless no one bothers to make an ID guess.

Title: Re: Mystery Bird Game
Post by: MikeN on October 28, 2017, 09:05:14 PM

Is number 2 a Horned Lark?

Title: Re: Mystery Bird Game
Post by: Shortsighted on October 29, 2017, 09:10:20 AM

Yes, it is indeed a Horned Lark, photographed off Hall's Road in Whitby.
See photography section for entire picture.

Title: Re: Mystery Bird Game
Post by: Pat Hodgson on October 29, 2017, 09:23:44 AM

How about a dirty blue jay for #3?

My avatar is a mystery bird challenge too.  Others have guessed it in past years.

Title: Re: Mystery Bird Game
Post by: Shortsighted on October 29, 2017, 09:54:27 AM

No, the bird is not a dirty bluejay, but I like the way you think.
Dirty indeed.
Try something a little more diminutive.

Is your avatar a dirty Red-eyed Vireo?

Shortsighted

Title: Re: Mystery Bird Game
Post by: Shortsighted on October 29, 2017, 10:21:33 AM

Probably a juvenile since there is barely a hint of red in the eye.
If that is not subdued red then maybe a Tennessee Warbler.
Maybe start a thread on mystery bird eyes. That's disturbing
even for Hallowe'en.

Title: Re: Mystery Bird Game
Post by: Pat Hodgson on October 29, 2017, 03:26:10 PM

Quote from: "Shortsighted"

Is your avatar a dirty Red-eyed Vireo?

Shortsighted

No.  hint: bird is on the Ontario checklist but no nesting record exists

Title: Re: Mystery Bird Game
Post by: JW Mills on October 29, 2017, 05:06:09 PM

Barn Swallow for #3?

Title: Re: Mystery Bird Game
Post by: thouc on October 29, 2017, 09:57:45 PM

Wild Turkey on #4?

Title: Re: Mystery Bird Game
Post by: Shortsighted on October 29, 2017, 10:09:59 PM

Mystery Bird #4 - Wild Turkey (see photo section for full image)

Title: Re: Mystery Bird Game
Post by: Shortsighted on October 29, 2017, 10:19:55 PM

Avatar - Your alter ego may be a bird I've never encountered, not having seen that many species yet.
That black eye-line with black above the eye doesn't ring a bell for me.
Certainly a Worm Eating warbler has prominent peri-ocular festooning,
a female Bay-breasted warbler is more subtle with glands. so that's not likely,
even a Dowitcher has some kind of eye-line. I don't know what your avatar is.
I simply don't have the experience to nail it. I'm even getting a headache thinking
about it.

Title: Re: Mystery Bird Game
Post by: Pat Hodgson on October 30, 2017, 09:13:44 AM

yes it's a worm-eating warbler

Title: Re: Mystery Bird Game
Post by: JW Mills on October 30, 2017, 05:50:09 PM

Gadwall for #5?

Title: Re: Mystery Bird Game
Post by: Shortsighted on October 30, 2017, 06:06:28 PM

The detailed breast does belong to a Gadwall.
See full photo in photo section.
I guess Gadwall are getting some attention after all.

Title: Re: Mystery Bird Game
Post by: Ally on December 31, 2017, 12:35:07 AM

Quote from: "Pat Hodgson"

yes it's a worm-eating warbler

How embarrassing!  :oops:  :oops: I just realized that Worm Eating Warbler is the name of the bird, not just the description of its feeding preference...