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Ally

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Reply #30 on: December 31, 2017, 05:05:03 PM
Thank you so much. I will push my luck by guessing Rudolf Jr. as a Trumpeter Swan.
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Reply #31 on: December 31, 2017, 08:24:35 PM
No, not a swan. Much smaller and more agile.
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Reply #32 on: December 31, 2017, 08:53:54 PM
OK. A duck. :D
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Reply #33 on: December 31, 2017, 09:15:02 PM
Maybe a Bufflehead?
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Reply #34 on: December 31, 2017, 09:29:40 PM
Could Otto be a spotted Owl?
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Reply #35 on: December 31, 2017, 09:35:42 PM
My last guess this year. Is Vixen a Dickcissel?
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Reply #36 on: December 31, 2017, 10:17:31 PM
Rudolf Jr.  has not yet been identified correctly.
Otto is not an owl ... it prefers a marsh.
Vixen has not be identified either, it's not a Dickcissel.
I've never even seen one and probably never will.
Thanks for the effort.
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Reply #37 on: January 01, 2018, 10:36:37 AM
I am guessing Otto is a Sora.
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Reply #38 on: January 01, 2018, 01:31:03 PM
Yes, you are correct. Otto is a juvenile Sora.
Photo in photo section.
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Reply #39 on: January 02, 2018, 01:36:11 PM
Vixen - Snow Bunting?
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Reply #40 on: January 02, 2018, 04:49:21 PM
Vixen is not a Snow Bunting
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Reply #41 on: January 02, 2018, 07:16:34 PM
Is Vixen a female Northern Wheatear?
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Reply #42 on: January 02, 2018, 11:16:11 PM
Is Rudolf Jr. on Birds of Canada? I turned every page, and I couldn't find that upper beak.
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Reply #43 on: January 03, 2018, 08:40:01 AM
Vixen is not a Wheatear, or even a wheateater, because it is a carnivor
(insects). Note that soft pastel colour just visible.

Rudolf Jr. shows a mandible and a tongue. The upper beak is off the screen.
It is a very common bird, downright ubiquitous.
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Reply #44 on: January 03, 2018, 11:17:06 AM
Is Vixen a scissor-tailed flycatcher?
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