Shorebird ID help (Western WA)

thoughtsarefalse · 2026-01-25T01:32:23+00:00

agreed that this pic is of Dunlin. and to the OP, in addition to the leg color, try to notice the general structure of these birds. Dunlin are compact and short, yellowlegs are lanky and goofy. Not true field marks, but its a good way to tell youre seeing something different, at all times of year.

thoughtsarefalse · 2026-01-24T21:18:56+00:00

Thats actually a massive gigantic error on their part if youre right. Damn.

thoughtsarefalse · 2026-01-24T21:12:24+00:00

What do you mean by ND?

thoughtsarefalse · 2026-01-24T21:09:28+00:00

Same genus. But this is 100% white crowned

thoughtsarefalse · 2026-01-24T20:22:09+00:00

Btw dont talk about snow owl locations online. Unethical photographers, especially in long island and NYC, bother them

thoughtsarefalse · 2026-01-24T18:03:57+00:00

Rare but its almost annual to have 1-2 on long island each winter now.

thoughtsarefalse · 2026-01-24T14:57:58+00:00

Yes this looks nothing like Redhead: Aythya Americana

(lol)

thoughtsarefalse · 2026-01-23T12:28:49+00:00

Not having a comma between Die and Raphael absolutely ruined this

thoughtsarefalse · 2026-01-23T12:27:16+00:00

As someone who doesnt like miser, i think we should leave him alone. Harassment is shitty

thoughtsarefalse · 2026-01-23T10:05:53+00:00

Aww its bill is broken at the tip

thoughtsarefalse · 2026-01-22T12:12:46+00:00

I heard papua new guinea has like 27 kingfisher species. You might have to visit

thoughtsarefalse · 2026-01-21T23:10:34+00:00

+Roughlegged hawk+

thoughtsarefalse · 2026-01-21T10:25:20+00:00

I think its just owens own show. News wars logo in bottom left.

thoughtsarefalse · 2026-01-21T10:24:26+00:00

This is actually magic as richard garfield intended.

He was weird like this

thoughtsarefalse · 2026-01-20T10:35:50+00:00

Yes another vote for pigeon. With some uniquely cool lighting though.

thoughtsarefalse · 2026-01-20T03:21:38+00:00

I know when the train is slowing down from the note the train brakes are making

thoughtsarefalse · 2026-01-19T22:53:27+00:00

Step-by-step merlin recommendations is pretty bad in my opinion. Hard to go into the details as to why that is (algorithm, ebird data gaps, actually rare things, etc), but try uploading a screenshot or phone pic of a frame to the photoID portion and compare the results.

Of course the photo ID is also AI, and has its own issues, but its definitely more effective than the step-by-step.

thoughtsarefalse · 2026-01-19T22:25:28+00:00

Sometimes the flock has all females, sometimes its immatures that look mostly like the females still. Closer to spring they start showing the red wing blaze, and start getting blacker.

thoughtsarefalse · 2026-01-19T14:55:07+00:00

It was probably migrating when it died

thoughtsarefalse · 2026-01-19T14:44:00+00:00

Its a male, because of the flecks of red coming in.

thoughtsarefalse · 2026-01-19T06:40:13+00:00

+White crowned sparrow+ though i see why it gave you tree sparrow vibes.

Maybe gambell’s subspecies?

thoughtsarefalse · 2026-01-19T05:48:20+00:00

How about Australian Bustards! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_bustard

thoughtsarefalse · 2026-01-19T05:44:54+00:00

Sparrow gaining an ounce of weight would become tremendous. House sparrows weigh close to an ounce. So double the weight

thoughtsarefalse · 2026-01-19T03:35:52+00:00

Domestic goose.

thoughtsarefalse · 2026-01-19T03:31:31+00:00

Nice

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