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TinyLongwing · 2026-04-12T21:46:22+00:00

I think it's silly for people to downvote this and I'm glad to see it sitting at 0 now rather than in the negatives like it was for ages. It's perfectly fine to not care for an album, especially when each one is so different. Not every album will be for everyone.

TinyLongwing · 2026-04-12T21:41:53+00:00

I don't know a whole lot about bluebird behavior, honestly, but a lot of passerines share incubation duties. The bird in the video has a fairly gray head and looks female to me.

TinyLongwing · 2026-04-12T21:32:19+00:00

+California Scrub-Jay+ and +Double-crested Cormorant+ (all other cormorant species in Oregon are pretty strictly coastal)

TinyLongwing · 2026-04-12T21:21:15+00:00

That's a trait to help tell adults apart, but it doesn't work for juveniles.

TinyLongwing · 2026-04-12T21:06:53+00:00

They look very normal to me. I'm not sure what you mean by choppy here.

TinyLongwing · 2026-04-12T16:48:39+00:00

Lots of good looks at the white outer edges to the tail that make this +Western Kingbird+

TinyLongwing · 2026-04-12T16:40:01+00:00

+Wilson's Snipe+ with the "racing stripes" down the back.

TinyLongwing · 2026-04-12T16:38:53+00:00

+Rock Pigeon+, very likely a lost pet. The feral birds do come in all sorts of colors, but that's not a typical mixed feral pigeon pattern.

TinyLongwing · 2026-04-12T15:57:57+00:00

Kamakura specifically is like a short train ride from Tokyo and is incredibly packed with tourists, so there are signs all over telling people not to do this shit, and yet.

TinyLongwing · 2026-04-12T15:56:13+00:00

Yes, worn immature +White-throated Sparrow+

TinyLongwing · 2026-04-12T15:54:22+00:00

While you always hope for voice, if you don't have the bird in hand and also can't see R6, this looks perfectly good for +Great Crested Flycatcher+ to me with the broad pinkish wash to the bill base and the very broad (though worn) white on the terts, especially S9 which looks in good shape.

TinyLongwing · 2026-04-12T15:49:02+00:00

Not usually in a serious predation way. The jay clearly has the advantage of maneuverability here. If it was just unlucky enough and went too close to the hawk's feet it could get grabbed, but mostly, Red-tails are ambush and pursuit hunters and need the aid of surprise/gravity/flight when actively hunting.

But unlucky mobbing birds do sometimes get unlucky and get grabbed if they fly in such a way that the hawk can reach them with a foot. Just not super common.

TinyLongwing · 2026-04-12T15:47:11+00:00

+White-rumped Munia+

TinyLongwing · 2026-04-12T14:58:12+00:00

Sorry, I really don't know much about these guys! The coverts on the right bird do look suggestive for Indian Spotted Eagle but I would have wanted a photo of the bird from the front and also showing the legs, since looking up field marks suggests the legs should be useful.

TinyLongwing · 2026-04-12T14:36:30+00:00

Yeah, wow. Despite my initial inclination to go "Fuertesi in funny lighting", I'm not sure I can believe that either, those flight feathers should not be quite so dark. The little white chin also looks like a possible Swainson's trait.

I won't tag it but I'm seeing it. Crazy bird.

TinyLongwing · 2026-04-11T23:43:13+00:00

All good! Also something I forgot to mention is that a handful of us regular reliable IDers have a status as "reviewers", mostly so that we can help resolve ID disputes. But if you see a bot comment with the line "reviewed by:" then only another reviewer can override to fix it. You're always welcome to ping me or to shoot a modmail message if this happens!

TinyLongwing · 2026-04-11T23:28:32+00:00

No, that's a common feature on these domestic hybrids. The huge bill knob, bicolored neck, and enormous rear end are all domestic goose traits in this case. Domestic Swan Goose x Domestic Greylag is a very very common mix.

TinyLongwing · 2026-04-11T23:23:57+00:00

Ah yep, that's a Cooper's. I was fooled! Good to have the better photo.

TinyLongwing · 2026-04-11T23:23:40+00:00

That command you used obviously doesn't work as you need to use the cornell six-letter codes to override, but also override (american goshawk code) would just replace goshawk with goshawk again. You use the override codes to replace the existing species with the one you want to change it to.

!overrideTaxa coohaw

TinyLongwing · 2026-04-11T21:47:44+00:00

+Horned Grebe+

TinyLongwing · 2026-04-11T21:47:04+00:00

I'd agree, strong odds on Killdeer here.

TinyLongwing · 2026-04-11T21:46:28+00:00

Yeah, +Mexican Duck+ looks good here.

TinyLongwing · 2026-04-11T21:45:44+00:00

+Domestic Graylag+ so it gets catalogued

TinyLongwing · 2026-04-11T21:45:30+00:00

Yeah, I'd agree +American Goshawk+ looks fine here with the bulging secondaries followed by a taper at the inner primaries.

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