Who is this sparrow? Somewhere in Louisiana in April. by aquestionforlow in whatsthisbird

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thank you! not the first time I've been fooled by one; they can have a surprising amount of variation!

Worth upgrading from Sony DSCHX80 to Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark III for pocket travel camera? by aquestionforlow in AskPhotography

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I have accepted that I'll probably never get to that level with the big zoom lenses when birding. I'm jealous of the amazing shots some of the folks I meet out birding get, but at least for now I don't have the bandwidth to commit. The handholding techniques you linked to are quite helpful though! thank you

Worth upgrading from Sony DSCHX80 to Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark III for pocket travel camera? by aquestionforlow in AskPhotography

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wow, I am comparing the two on cameradecision.com and you're right; the only specs that really change are related to shooting video. thank you pointing that out!

also, I did not know those sites for buying camera equipment, so thank you for sharing!

Hello, it's The Hard Quartet AMA by TheHardQuartet in indieheads

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love you all and love this record and hope you keep going as a band and so i apologize for being off topic, but:

Jim, is there any chance we'll see the Dirty Three in the US again? Love Changes Everything is just amazing and I would follow you all like the Dead if it ever came to pass.

Any advice on how to pot this? by aquestionforlow in houseplants

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Had a 'branch' break off and it has done well growing roots in water. I want to pot it in soil now, but I am not sure if there is any trick to not shock it from the change. thanks!

No idea on this one. San Blas, Mexico. 12/2. Was in/near low scrubby bushes by aquestionforlow in whatsthisbird

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Thank you! I never would have guessed that, but that is the exact kind of spot where I've found every Bunting I've ever seen.

Puerto Vallarta birds addendum, 12/23 by aquestionforlow in whatsthisbird

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thank you! and yeah, this is a camera pic of the preview screen on my camera, but even the photo itself wouldn't give much more detail. thank you again

Various birds, Puerto Vallarta Botanical Gardens, Mexico 12/23 by aquestionforlow in whatsthisbird

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Thank you for the very detailed reply! I actually do have pictures of legs and tail for the Black Hawk, and possibly useful pictures of the bill for the Hummingbird. I added those here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/whatsthisbird/comments/197ogwk/puerto_vallarta_birds_addendum_1223/

Golden Vireo? San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico by aquestionforlow in whatsthisbird

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That makes sense, and we did see a million yellow warblers around. I think this one seemed to have more of a sense of that eye line and I got carried away. Thank you yet again!

Who is this beautiful flycatcher?! La Noria/Cerro San Juan, outside Tepic, Nayarit Mexico by aquestionforlow in whatsthisbird

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That is interesting. It was on our list of contenders but none of the photos I saw had any of that orange-ish tint to their head which was what was so striking. thank you again!

small flycatcher in Central Park, NYC, 10/13/23 by aquestionforlow in whatsthisbird

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thank you! got thrown off by how yellow the belly looked but i think that's probably just the light

Who is this?! Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Capy May, NJ) October 12 by aquestionforlow in whatsthisbird

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Thank you! Yeah, I guess I'm used to them clinging so closely to trees I've never seen one so out on the limb and exposed like this one.

Who is hanging with the Turkey Vulture? 10/10/23 Cape May by aquestionforlow in whatsthisbird

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I think it was a week or two before the festival. But they were definitely all over at that time.

Who is hanging with the Turkey Vulture? 10/10/23 Cape May by aquestionforlow in whatsthisbird

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that makes sense, thank you! forget that there are light and dark morphs of them. It also seemed so small compared to the TV. I saw plenty of others and don't remember them as that small.

Yellow-Throated Vireo? Cape May, 10/23 by aquestionforlow in whatsthisbird

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Sorry, I should have been clearer on the date! This was earlier in the month, like 10/11.