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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: Turtlebird on May 12, 2010, 02:00:31 PM

Title: Need help with ID - several birds
Post by: Turtlebird on May 12, 2010, 02:00:31 PM

Hello, could I please get some help with these birds?


(http://www.fotothing.com/photos/4eb/4eba3e405ddea62114eedcc0faaac3ce.jpg)
A Baltimore Oriole?  Not sure...never seen one with head markings like things.  Point Pelee


(http://www.fotothing.com/photos/77d/77dc997c17933180b7301f95f64b1b8d.jpg)
Coopers Or Sharp-Shinned?  Point Pelee

(http://www.fotothing.com/photos/bbd/bbd99647a5a4a113bc4d08427d469899.jpg)
Is this a Great-Tailed Grackle?  Southern Illinois - Shawnee National Forest

(http://www.fotothing.com/photos/6b5/6b5a303d39fc624c76390f4d0815c417.jpg)
Some kind of Flycatcher?  Southern Illinois - Cache River Wildlife Area

(http://www.fotothing.com/photos/877/8773c6bf72e058b17552f5322f000235.jpg)
Greater or Lesser Yellowlegs?  Woodstock, ON - in drainage pond, standing still





Thanks!!

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Post by: thouc on May 12, 2010, 03:46:42 PM

That was a challenging collection you got there!

1) Looks odd, but can't get it to anything else than a Baltimore Oriole.

2) Not sure, but the tail looks notched -> Sharp-shinned

3) Have never seen a Great-tailed Grackle, but the bill looks big and crown looks flat, so it seems correct.

4) Looks like an Eastern Phoebe (lack of eye-ring, brown, one-colored bill)

5) Bill looks straight and short (as a Lesser), but this could be due to the angle in picture. However it looks pretty heavily streaked on chest and barred on side which would indicate a Greater Yellowlegs.

/Thomas

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Post by: Brian Bailey on May 12, 2010, 11:16:32 PM

I think a Great-tailed Grackle would be unlikely anywhere in Illinois.  A Common Grackle would be much more likely.

BB