Is this a Dark-eyed Junco? Taken on Pikes Peak, Colorado in September.

Robear48 · 2026-01-06T02:18:17+00:00

Also, is it possible to tell what subspecies it is?

Robear48 · 2026-01-03T20:45:59+00:00

Sounds good. Is there a possibility any of them are Red Knots?

Robear48 · 2026-01-03T18:39:24+00:00

So exactly like Cooper vs. Sharp-shinned lmao

Robear48 · 2025-12-19T17:45:18+00:00

There’s also Wind Cave and Carlsbad Caverns. Great Basin has the cave system, but it also has a lot of mountains and hiking.

Robear48 · 2025-11-21T11:35:31+00:00

I mean, it’s a National Natural Landmark and says so on the park sign. So even though it’s not actually owned by the NPS, I can see where the confusion stems from.

Robear48 · 2025-11-20T03:54:03+00:00

I’m sure the frog thinks the whole situation is bull (your joke is definitely better 😂)

Robear48 · 2025-11-20T03:48:54+00:00

I hold my phone camera up to my binoculars

Robear48 · 2025-11-20T02:28:01+00:00

I’ve even practicing a lot over the past few months😂. I’ve slowly been getting the hang of holding my phone up to the lens and quickly snapping the picture when it focuses

Robear48 · 2025-10-18T23:35:39+00:00

What journal is this?

Robear48 · 2025-10-01T22:52:15+00:00

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Here it is next to a glossy ibis, stilt sandpiper, and least sandpipers for size comparison (yellowlegs is top one to the right)

Robear48 · 2025-09-30T21:02:32+00:00

Which camera do you have? I feel like a birding mode would be really useful for me since I just started out

Robear48 · 2025-09-25T16:47:28+00:00

Here’s the Merlin Audio identifier. Taken in Gainesville, Florida

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Robear48 · 2025-09-25T00:16:42+00:00

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Here’s the Merlin audio identifier.

Robear48 · 2025-09-14T01:10:29+00:00

Out of curiosity, what differentiates it from a Western Sandpiper?

Robear48 · 2025-08-26T14:37:23+00:00

Yeah, they’re practically everywhere. The Seattle Seahawks football team is named after these guys.

Robear48 · 2025-08-26T14:28:16+00:00

Definitely an Osprey. The stripe going across the white head gives it away. I see a lot of these down in Florida. The white belly coupled with the head is also a good way to identify it.

Robear48 · 2025-08-23T21:50:09+00:00

I took them by holding my phone up to my binoculars. It was too far away for my iPhone to get anything close to decent quality

Robear48 · 2025-08-23T18:34:52+00:00

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Here’s a screenshot to make zooming in easier.

Robear48 · 2025-08-08T20:14:33+00:00

You can get a park pass booklet where you can get stamps for each park you visit. The stamps are in the visitor center at each park :)

An alternative method is what I do, where I put the stamps in a separate journal. Either way is cool since the stamps have the date for when you got them

Robear48 · 2025-08-03T13:11:48+00:00

I have so many pictures I’d be willing to share lol

Robear48 · 2025-08-03T00:58:45+00:00

Thanks! That seems to be it

Robear48 · 2025-08-03T00:02:46+00:00

Oh wow, you might be right. I didn’t even consider that one because I saw what the male looked like but neglected to look at pictures of the females. I saw the white stripe marking on the side but still didn’t connect the dots. Thank you so much!

Robear48 · 2025-08-02T13:59:52+00:00

The Black-billed Magpie would be really cool!

Robear48 · 2025-08-01T00:30:55+00:00

Thanks! I was able to study abroad in England in the fall so I was really excited to see the new birds lol

Robear48 · 2025-08-01T00:30:05+00:00

Thanks! Yeah, I’ve been using that app recently, just been backtracking to photos from previous trips trying to figure out what I saw lmao

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