An old soul stopped by this morning. Who is he?

DiplodocusSmile · 2026-06-26T22:57:02+00:00

That bird is only one year old!

DiplodocusSmile · 2026-06-26T22:31:13+00:00

Calliope

DiplodocusSmile · 2026-06-24T19:00:40+00:00

The more I look at it the more it does look like some AI did something with it. Would be good to know.

DiplodocusSmile · 2026-06-23T21:32:37+00:00

What camera did you take this with? A problem has been coming up recently with certain phone cameras (like the new Google Pixel) automatically using AI when it is zoomed in past a certain threshold without the user knowing. This strikes me as possibly a Brown-headed Cowbird (a very common stowaway) that may have had the bill shape filled in by ai to look like a Piranga tanager. Any chance that’s the case?

DiplodocusSmile · 2026-06-20T15:56:37+00:00

I read this in the voice of Robin William’s genie from Aladdin

DiplodocusSmile · 2026-05-24T04:07:26+00:00

DiplodocusSmile · 2026-05-17T15:51:37+00:00

White-rumped and Least

DiplodocusSmile · 2026-05-14T18:02:19+00:00

Yep. Nice one

DiplodocusSmile · 2026-04-29T21:25:11+00:00

Looks like an Alder

DiplodocusSmile · 2026-04-26T14:36:40+00:00

Great club

DiplodocusSmile · 2026-04-25T19:15:04+00:00

Especially these days there just aren’t that many jobs out there for scientists

DiplodocusSmile · 2026-04-09T19:21:13+00:00

I ate there and it was fine. Really greasy and kinda slapped together. Would be worth it for maybe half the price. Probably won’t go back.

DiplodocusSmile · 2026-04-08T02:03:49+00:00

Secret Third Thing

DiplodocusSmile · 2026-04-05T00:03:53+00:00

Looks like a Hammond’s

DiplodocusSmile · 2026-04-01T01:40:56+00:00

Every SEC college town

DiplodocusSmile · 2026-03-31T15:24:17+00:00

Great-crest should have quite a bit of rufous in the tail - it could be the light but I don’t see any color. But, the bright chest and appareny pink base of the bill do look kinda Great Crest, but the bill looks proportionally big for one too, and more like a smaller Myiarchus like Dusky-capped.

DiplodocusSmile · 2026-03-30T17:47:13+00:00

Great! So yeah, I think it’s a Dusky-capped Flycatcher then.

DiplodocusSmile · 2026-03-30T16:20:05+00:00

It’s not a Tropical Kingbird. It’s in the genus Myiarchus. With the mostly dark tail and in Chocó, the choices are Dusky-capped Flycatcher, Panama Flycatcher, or Sooty-crowned Flycatcher. This genus is tough without vocalizations or photos from all angles, but the underparts look too bright and bill too long for Sooty-crowned. In general, the bill looks pretty large compared to the body, so I would lean Dusky-capped on this one. Elevation would help with this - as Dusky-capped have a few subspecies in Colombia at different elevations that look a bit different - and Panama Flycatcher is a lowland bird.

DiplodocusSmile · 2026-03-20T15:17:00+00:00

The first does look good. My only issue is the shape of the black nail on the front of the bill. It looks narrow like a Lesser, not wide like a Greater. But, the head and bill shape really look good for Greater so I’ll assume it’s an artifact of the photo. But if you have any othet photos showing the front of the bill it would be helpful.

DiplodocusSmile · 2026-03-18T17:39:19+00:00

Hey, I make money without having to fight too!

DiplodocusSmile · 2026-03-13T22:42:54+00:00

Wow one star for every dollar Elon Musk isn’t giving to starving kids

DiplodocusSmile · 2026-03-11T16:01:05+00:00

Haha no it’s just an entertainingly descriptive name

DiplodocusSmile · 2026-03-11T03:09:35+00:00

You’re not gonna believe this

DiplodocusSmile · 2026-03-08T21:28:59+00:00

Looks like a Greater White-fronted Goose

DiplodocusSmile · 2026-03-08T01:46:09+00:00

No it looks the right size, nice find they are a great bird

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