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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: katrae on April 11, 2018, 09:31:55 PM

Title: Some Hamilton Birds from October
Post by: katrae on April 11, 2018, 09:31:55 PM

Please forgive me if I do this wrong.  This is my first post here although I have been "lurking" for a bit  :D

I was going through some of my older photos and came across a few from my trip to Bayfront Park in Hamilton back in October that I realize I never actually officially ID'd and was wondering if I could get some assistance from you kind folks :)  (hopefully I do this right!)

Best guess for this is a Yellow-rumped warbler:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/895/39589499110_52c44d40be_b.jpg)

Possibly a Field Sparrow??
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/897/41398307161_6f8c123f10_b.jpg)

Probably another type of Sparrow (there were several nesting boxes around that these little guys were enjoying)
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/900/26527819347_f64562efb9_k.jpg)

Some type of shorebird - Sandpiper maybe?
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/807/41398299801_f4d782e208_b.jpg)

I think this is a Juvenile Red-Winged Blackbird?
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/900/26527813697_09e112571c_b.jpg)

And this big fella....
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/797/40502964035_4db5b3570f_k.jpg)

(I apologize if I have posted this incorrectly.)

Thank you!

Kat :)

Title: Re: Some Hamilton Birds from October
Post by: Shortsighted on April 11, 2018, 09:38:54 PM

I see what appears to be a female (young) House Sparrow.
The sandpiper looks like a juvenile Western Sandpiper (very long bill and long body shape)
I don't know gulls at all.
Hope this helps.

Title: Re: Some Hamilton Birds from October
Post by: katrae on April 11, 2018, 10:08:01 PM

Thanks Shortsighted - that does help :)

I don't know why half the photo of the sparrow on the nesting box is cut off :(

And I think you are correct about the Western Sandpiper.

Thanks!!

Title: Re: Some Hamilton Birds from October
Post by: thouc on April 13, 2018, 10:42:15 AM

1. Yellow-rumped Warbler
2-3. Female House Sparrow
4. Dunlin (Western Sandpiper is very rare in Ontario)
5. immature male Red-winged Blackbird
6. juvenile Great Black-backed Gull

/Thomas

Title: Re: Some Hamilton Birds from October
Post by: Shortsighted on April 14, 2018, 01:42:21 PM

Yes, I agree that the shorebird is indeed a non-breeding Dunlin, rather than
the far less likely accidental visitation of a juvenile Western Sandpiper.
Perhaps if I had taken my glasses off and looked at the screen closer
(shortsighted) I would have better appreciated the very long bill length
(longer than I first thought) and also the rounded head.
A juvenile Dunlin would have shown some darker colour on its form than a
non-breeding adult bird. There is no substitute for experience and "thouc"
exercises that facility with alacrity. I tend to plod through the act of
identification.

Title: Re: Some Hamilton Birds from October
Post by: Paul O'Toole on April 14, 2018, 03:00:40 PM

Quote from: "katrae"

Thanks Shortsighted - that does help :)

I don't know why half the photo of the sparrow on the nesting box is cut off :(

And I think you are correct about the Western Sandpiper.

Thanks!!

Its best to post images of around 800 x 600 med size IE: Flickr, some of the larger sizes will show up cut off.

Title: Re: Some Hamilton Birds from October
Post by: Dinusaur on April 14, 2018, 08:30:08 PM

Quote from: "thouc"

4. Dunlin (Western Sandpiper is very rare in Ontario)
/Thomas

Though this is indeed what appears to be a Dunlin, there was one Western Sandpiper reported last year towards end of Sept and beginning of Oct in Toll Gate Pond, Hamilton. I visited the location on Oct 1st  and took a picture of what I thought was a Western (sitting on the rock in the picture below) at that time, though it hasn't made my life list as I am not completely sure.

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/874/41417816342_cdc7373d94_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/266X8PL)

Title: Re: Some Hamilton Birds from October
Post by: katrae on April 21, 2018, 10:20:32 AM

Quote from: "Paul O'Toole"

Quote from: "katrae"

Thanks Shortsighted - that does help :)

I don't know why half the photo of the sparrow on the nesting box is cut off :(

And I think you are correct about the Western Sandpiper.

Thanks!!

Its best to post images of around 800 x 600 med size IE: Flickr, some of the larger sizes will show up cut off.

Thanks for the tip!  I'll check more carefully next time :)

Title: Re: Some Hamilton Birds from October
Post by: katrae on April 21, 2018, 10:27:51 AM

Quote from: "thouc"

1. Yellow-rumped Warbler
2-3. Female House Sparrow
4. Dunlin (Western Sandpiper is very rare in Ontario)
5. immature male Red-winged Blackbird
6. juvenile Great Black-backed Gull

/Thomas

Thanks Thomas!!