Mystery BIRD PORTRAITS - denouement

[Shortsighted]

As a final MBP - denouement  I've made it quite easy. Although for many of you they have all been rather easy.

Prancer


Dancer


Donner


Dasher


Vixen


Comet


Cupid


Blitzen


Rudolf


Bruno


Boxer


Otto


Max


Fritzy


Rudolf Jr.

[MikeN]

Dancer - Goldeneye?
Rudolf - Western Sandpiper?
Prancer - Northern Parula?

[Shortsighted]

Prancer is correct as a Northern Parula.
Full shot in the photo section.

[lucky tern]

dancer = northern shoveler male
donner = common yellowthroat female
dasher = common grackle male wing
vixen = field sparrow( i think it is wrong but close)
comet = long tailed duck
cupid = horned grebe
blitzen = no clue
rudolf = dunlin

[Shortsighted]

Wow, what a valiant effort with some correct ID's in the bunch.
Correct:

Dancer is a male Northern Shoveler
Donner is a male Common Yellowthroat
Dasher is a male Common Grackle
Cupid is a breeding Horned Grebe
Photos of correct responses in photo section.

The others are yet unidentified.

[lucky tern]

comet  2nd guess = red-necked grebe underwater back??

[Shortsighted]

Sorry, not a RNG underwater. Man, wouldn't that be great,
an underwater camera shot of a diving grebe. Not on my budget.
Those underwater housings are expensive.

[Ally]

Vixen Female Blue- gray Gnatcatcher
Rudolf is a Semipalmated Sandpiper who just had a filling meal
Boxer Young Palm Wabler
Max Least Flycatcher

[thouc]

Comet - Double-crested Cormorant
Bruno - Great Blue Heron
Max - Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Fritzy - Solitary Sandpiper

[Shortsighted]

All correct responses from thouc. He shoots, he scores.
Comet is DC Cormorant
Bruno is Old GBH
Max is RC Kinglet
Fritzy is Solitary Sandpiper

Full photos on photo section.

[ornithopter]

vixen = chipping sparrow
blitzen = green winged teal female
rudolf = short billed dowitcher
boxer = yellow bellied flycatcher
otto = clapper rail
rudolph jr = american flamingo

[Shortsighted]

Sorry, none of those guesses is correct, although I'm flattered
that you would think that I have an example of some of your more uncommon suggestions
being that I'm confined to the GTA.

Otto is not a flycatcher but it is associated with one of your other offerings, (hint).

Also, Boxer is positioned in a typical setting for this bird and there is
evidence of it in the photo snippet, as such lending its subject matter
to the bird's moniker (hint).

You're in the right ballpark with Rudolf.
Your guess for Blitzen is way off.
Vixen is a completely different bird family from guess of a sparrow.

[ornithopter]

I think you are implying that otto is a yellow bellied sapsucker, possibly immature which would have a more brown color rather than black. Is that right?

[ornithopter]

I thought the environmental context for boxer was that she is pictured in a nesting cavity, and the yellow bellied flycatcher is a cavity nester. Initially I was going to say prothonotary warbler female, but boxer doesn't look yellow enough even for the female of that species.

[Ally]

Vixen a warbling vireo;
Bliten a double crested cormorant;
Rudolf: Baird's sandpiper