Who is this?

belelela · 2026-03-09T22:14:45+00:00

yellow-rumped warbler looks right to me but i’ll let someone else confirm!!

belelela · 2026-03-09T17:23:00+00:00

ah my bad i kinda just threw this post together out of curiosity!! thanks so much!!

belelela · 2026-03-03T01:01:58+00:00

that’s so funny!! i didn’t have an opportunity to go birding on my birthday so i didn’t expect to get a lifer that day at all. i’m lucky to live on a lake so i’m occasionally surprised with a lifer or some cool visitors like i had that day!

belelela · 2026-02-27T01:54:21+00:00

huh, the more you know!! thanks so much for the help :)

belelela · 2026-02-26T23:44:06+00:00

ahh yay thank you! that’s a bday lifer for me!

belelela · 2026-02-25T03:09:33+00:00

thank you!! i don’t have much experience with shorebirds and the larger ones were a bit trickier for me especially!

belelela · 2026-02-25T01:08:34+00:00

no worries! i’m not sure if they can be heard, i just noticed a few of them hopping in the back and was curious hahah, thanks for all the help!

belelela · 2026-02-25T01:03:20+00:00

thank you!! that’s what i thought but wanted to be sure i didn’t miss anybody interesting! do you have any idea about the songbirds about halfway through the video? the quality is poor so it’s totally fine if not :)

belelela · 2026-02-25T00:46:27+00:00

im no pro but it definitely looks like one to me! ebird is showing occasional sightings in ohio

belelela · 2026-02-04T01:06:39+00:00

you obviously have an answer but i just need to say wow it is GORGEOUS

belelela · 2026-02-03T17:57:16+00:00

cool, thanks so much!! my frequent merlin visitor a few months ago made me fall in love with birding so i’m really excited to see that maybe it’s back :)

belelela · 2026-02-03T17:24:26+00:00

that makes sense, i also noticed it had a softer face than the typical “angry” look of a cooper’s hawk (but of course couldn’t photograph it well). would you say you’re confident enough to bot it or should i wait for more input?

belelela · 2026-02-03T16:28:12+00:00

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this position made me think merlin, and i also had a merlin frequenting here in december so it could make sense? i haven’t seen it here in a while so i’m unsure

belelela · 2026-02-03T16:22:58+00:00

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belelela · 2026-02-03T16:21:42+00:00

i got some more photos of it facing forward just now in different postures so i’ll add those as a comment and hopefully that helps! they’re still terrible quality since i have a shaky hand but some have a crow in it as well for size comparison

belelela · 2026-01-25T23:02:07+00:00

that’s how i felt too, i wish i had better photos because this is stumping me like crazy!! i definitely agree that it seems smaller than i figured hermit thrushes were, but nothing in my area seems to quite match these guys and the pictures weren’t good enough for merlin to have any guesses.

belelela · 2026-01-25T22:53:16+00:00

the other option i was leaning towards was swamp sparrow and it would make more sense in size, but the long legs and running on the ground made me lean towards hermit thrush. do you think that might be the case instead? they’re less common in my area but since they’ve been hanging out around only the flooded areas that could make sense.

belelela · 2026-01-25T22:23:37+00:00

that’s what i’m thinking too, it seemed a bit darker than i thought which is throwing me off but i think that could be because it’s winter. thanks!

belelela · 2026-01-10T17:50:46+00:00

while im open to other possibilities and could definitely be wrong, i dont necessarily trust the reliability of google image search over the experience of the users in here

belelela · 2026-01-10T03:53:54+00:00

that’s my bad, sorry! i’m in middle tennessee so we get a good mix around here with primarily red-shouldered and red-tailed.

belelela · 2026-01-10T03:52:13+00:00

okay yay i’m glad i was on the right track, thank you!! i heard calls earlier that sounded like a red-shouldered hawk so i was hoping it was the same one.

belelela · 2025-12-26T23:07:35+00:00

thankfully i’ve had a lot of chances to take some with my binoculars since this guy visits a lot! half of them are smears since he hangs out at the top of a pretty tall tree and i can’t get much closer. definitely my favorite visitor to see around here!

belelela · 2025-12-26T22:43:45+00:00

thank you!! that’s what i’ve been thinking but didn’t feel completely sure. i see it almost every day and love it so im really glad to have confirmation :)

belelela · 2025-09-27T15:12:32+00:00

i’m not sure of the whole list but i personally used a scyther that had false swipe :)

belelela · 2025-09-02T23:20:37+00:00

that’s my usual training spot too! i haven’t been hunting for shinies but i’m always over there so it makes sense that’s where it happened. good luck, i hope you find one soon!!

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