RFI please

[Joe]

You can scour the books, and still not be sure.  Experience is the best resource!  Sorry, the photos are not the greatest.

Bird #1
http://juliansbirdwatchingphotos.fotopi ... 42220.html
http://juliansbirdwatchingphotos.fotopi ... 42219.html

Bird #2
http://juliansbirdwatchingphotos.fotopi ... 42222.html

Bird #3
http://juliansbirdwatchingphotos.fotopi ... 42221.html

Thanks,
Joe

[Jaedon]

#'s 1 and 3 look like Oriole's.  #1 looks like an Audubons Oriole to me and #3 looks like a Northern "Bullocks" Oriole.  I have been know to be wrong before however.   #2 I have absolutely no idea.

[Iain]

Hi Joe.  1 and 3 are female Northern 'Baltimore' Orioles; Bullock's and Audubon's Orioles are western and mexican species respectively.  Number 2 looks to be a flycatcher from the empidonax family.  If the yellow on the belly was as predominant in real life as it is in the picture, my guess would be Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, but the 'empids' are notoriously difficult to identify without hearing their song.

Try the Cornell website called 'All about birds' to hear the different songs.

Iain