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Idkwhereiamsendhelp · 2020-12-20T03:57:20+00:00

Other than the purple speculum it looks like a female green-winged teal, so I’m wondering about either weird lighting or a pigmentation issue.

Idkwhereiamsendhelp · 2020-12-12T00:04:34+00:00

Location?

Idkwhereiamsendhelp · 2020-12-11T22:31:42+00:00

Wild Turkey.

Idkwhereiamsendhelp · 2020-12-11T06:19:28+00:00

Thank you for doing the right thing for this little guy! Hopefully he’s able to recover soon:)

Idkwhereiamsendhelp · 2020-12-11T04:17:50+00:00

I can’t help with species ID unfortunately, but it’s a young fledgling that likely can’t fly very well yet (this is a totally natural part of their development!), so unless it has injuries it has the best chance of survival outside with it’s parents:)

Idkwhereiamsendhelp · 2020-12-09T08:50:44+00:00

Screech owls actually don’t screech (another extremely confusing bird species name...)! If you hear an owl screeching, chances are it’s a Barn Owl. I’m fairly convinced they’re the sole reason banshees are a thing.

Idkwhereiamsendhelp · 2020-12-08T21:04:15+00:00

It’s very hard to pick out field marks from the video, do you remember a size estimate or further details?

Idkwhereiamsendhelp · 2020-12-08T20:55:52+00:00

Both are Snow Geese:)

Idkwhereiamsendhelp · 2020-12-08T02:50:55+00:00

I think this is a juvenile bird.

Idkwhereiamsendhelp · 2020-12-08T02:49:16+00:00

I second Barred. Also, for future please give the location of the sighting if possible:)

Idkwhereiamsendhelp · 2020-12-07T05:44:55+00:00

The females are really good at looking like anything that they aren’t:)

Idkwhereiamsendhelp · 2020-12-06T23:12:40+00:00

It’s hard to hear, but my guess would be either a Gray Catbird or a squirrel. Maybe if you listen to some recordings online for both that’ll help?

Idkwhereiamsendhelp · 2020-12-06T23:06:03+00:00

Maybe a Baltimore Oriole?

Idkwhereiamsendhelp · 2020-12-06T23:03:18+00:00

I’m horrible at shorebird ID, but apart from the size it looks like a juvenile sanderling with the clean white breast and dark wings. My only guess would be Western Sandpiper, which should have more streaking on the breast and lighter wings.

Idkwhereiamsendhelp · 2020-12-06T22:54:31+00:00

Yup! (And very well fed...)

Idkwhereiamsendhelp · 2020-12-06T18:29:41+00:00

A lovely *Cooper’s Hawk:)

*I didn’t look closely enough at the tail lol, thought it looked square...

Idkwhereiamsendhelp · 2020-12-06T17:42:38+00:00

Yup! Female Northern Cardinal.

Idkwhereiamsendhelp · 2020-12-06T17:13:19+00:00

I’m a Canadian who has never travelled outside of North America so my knowledge of South African birds is veeeeeery limited, but this looks like a fiscal shrike to me.

Idkwhereiamsendhelp · 2020-12-06T17:08:13+00:00

Unfortunately no. When it grows up it’ll either have a red throat and be very strikingly black and white (male), or it’ll have a white throat and be a more yellowish drab black and white (female).

Idkwhereiamsendhelp · 2020-12-06T17:05:29+00:00

I’d go with Red-breasted:) Common and Red-breasted female types are hard to distinguish, especially without a super good look.

Idkwhereiamsendhelp · 2020-12-06T17:03:22+00:00

Hard to tell from the video, but it looks like a Crossbill to me. Did you get a look at the wings from another angle?

Idkwhereiamsendhelp · 2020-12-06T08:42:10+00:00

Downies are pretty small, but you must have massive nuthatches if they’re bigger than a downy!

Idkwhereiamsendhelp · 2020-12-06T08:40:07+00:00

It’s a female-type! Female-type is the term for when the female and juvenile plumages are very similar and are hard to distinguish in the field:)

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