tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.comments2023-10-08T17:08:18.685-07:00BirdsLinda Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01021136257176196322noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-91909877883407803152023-10-08T17:08:18.685-07:002023-10-08T17:08:18.685-07:00What a great record and amazing yard list. (Althou...What a great record and amazing yard list. (Although "yard" list seems to be under-selling it by a....country mile.) Sagebrush Sparrow...that is the literal definition of an odd bird for that neck of the woods. eBird shows no records for this species in Yamhill. Do you have yourself a county first there?Lorin Wilkersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14964969679770591434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-37001070359011499422021-04-12T04:40:19.318-07:002021-04-12T04:40:19.318-07:00Thanks For sharing this Superb article.I use this ...Thanks For sharing this Superb article.I use this Article to show my assignment in college.it is useful For me Great Work. <a href="https://www.birdinformer.com/bird-feeders/" rel="nofollow">Bird feeders</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00371582676851305410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-6371857386258208362020-12-25T13:51:59.843-08:002020-12-25T13:51:59.843-08:00I saw one today in Michigan that is a lot lighter ...I saw one today in Michigan that is a lot lighter than the one in your photo. I have a photo, but I don’t see a way to post it to you. Alavassehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13171017620976468856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-65856710340350619832020-10-07T18:50:28.198-07:002020-10-07T18:50:28.198-07:00Hi Linda, You probably have dust on your sensor. ...Hi Linda, You probably have dust on your sensor. If you can gain access to the sensor, you can most likely just use some air to blow it away. Use canned air or a rubber bulb, don't blow on it or you could get spit on the sensor, requiring a more thorough cleaning.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746264095107957447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-1856488296291446742020-06-11T21:52:06.184-07:002020-06-11T21:52:06.184-07:00OBOL participant said it's an Orange-crowned W...OBOL participant said it's an Orange-crowned Warbler.Linda Finkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01021136257176196322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-42466749023440630332020-01-28T02:13:58.474-08:002020-01-28T02:13:58.474-08:00Thanks Linda, this was helpful.Thanks Linda, this was helpful.CynCayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04241453809337509304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-13042759313795800172019-11-14T21:20:57.125-08:002019-11-14T21:20:57.125-08:00Beautiful bird.Beautiful bird.Linda Phelan Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17465510800082016187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-45189878883953529272018-02-21T16:43:30.389-08:002018-02-21T16:43:30.389-08:00Thanks, Paul. I think you're right. I noticed ...Thanks, Paul. I think you're right. I noticed the white patch on the bottom of the tail on several birds but did not know what that fits. And the bills did look more thin and pointed, not yellow like Redpolls. But I kept thinking I saw red on some heads. I think it was wishful thinking!<br />Linda Finkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01021136257176196322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-30779440694830751452018-02-21T16:33:22.689-08:002018-02-21T16:33:22.689-08:00Linda, I think these are Siskins. I think I see ...Linda, I think these are Siskins. I think I see a bit of yellow in the wing of the left-hand bird in photo 1 and the right-hand bird in photo 4. I see a pale patch on the bottom of the tail in photo 3, which fits Siskin and not Redpoll. The breasts look streaky. The bills I can see are skinny.<br />Paul SullivanAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04374953092883535908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-15453273850637751202017-09-07T14:45:30.228-07:002017-09-07T14:45:30.228-07:00Thanks, Hendrik, for explaining the difference bet...Thanks, Hendrik, for explaining the difference between long-billed and short-billed. I have always just gone by voice. But, since my photos are not very helpful for a definite id, I'll list it as Dowitcher sp.Linda Finkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01021136257176196322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-69530488988251097442017-09-07T12:34:02.671-07:002017-09-07T12:34:02.671-07:00Again, I agree with Sanderling. Not so sure about ...Again, I agree with Sanderling. Not so sure about the dowitcher, though. Bill length and shape suggest a Short-billed Dowitcher (although those marks can be very subjective). The best way to tell juvenile LBDO and SBDO apart is by the pattern on the tertials (the long feathers near the end of the bird that cover the primaries). Long-billed has plain gray, unpatterned tertials with a narrow rufous edge; the tertials of Short-billed show a rufous or buffy "tiger'stripe" pattern. Your photo is very blurry and the angle is less than ideal, but I do believe I can see some rufous patterning in the tertials, which would make this a Short-billed Dowitcher. Would like to hear what others think.Hendrik G. Herlynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00115007429481526588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-51645986155732438922017-09-07T12:29:58.570-07:002017-09-07T12:29:58.570-07:00Yep, Sanderlings, for all the reasons Paul so aptl...Yep, Sanderlings, for all the reasons Paul so aptly stated!Hendrik G. Herlynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00115007429481526588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-60881603725379301392017-09-07T12:26:18.281-07:002017-09-07T12:26:18.281-07:00Agree with Paul - Western. You can see quite a bit...Agree with Paul - Western. You can see quite a bit of rufous on the scapulars of several of the birds. Semipalmated Sandpiper usually shows no rufous, or very little. Also, large flocks of SESAs are almost entirely unknown in OR; we usually get one or two mixed in with the Westerns.Hendrik G. Herlynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00115007429481526588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-17641021680277450942017-09-07T12:22:03.886-07:002017-09-07T12:22:03.886-07:00Definitely Baird's - elongated body, long wing...Definitely Baird's - elongated body, long wings, buffy breast, clean, scaly back pattern and black bill and legs! Beautiful!Hendrik G. Herlynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00115007429481526588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-31093412984586376282017-03-21T22:10:11.806-07:002017-03-21T22:10:11.806-07:00I will imagine it, and I love it!I will imagine it, and I love it!Eric Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11439070182244186150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-23211007552571893462017-01-06T09:17:23.150-08:002017-01-06T09:17:23.150-08:00Thanks for your comment, Cherrie! I think you are ...Thanks for your comment, Cherrie! I think you are right. "Natural color abnormalities" are apparently pretty common. Linda Finkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01021136257176196322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-40537095219314960432017-01-06T02:33:53.720-08:002017-01-06T02:33:53.720-08:00I have a white turkey with normal wild turkeys com...I have a white turkey with normal wild turkeys coming to my feeders in the Snowbird Mountain wilderness area of Graham County, NC. I doubt this white turkeys parents have ever met a domesticated turkey. It is hard to find a person here. As you have said the white one is the leader of the pack. I have been seeing the turkey for a 1.5 years. Cherriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00916078355768645063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-66015383971446783672016-12-07T08:25:34.651-08:002016-12-07T08:25:34.651-08:00I don't buy that explanation for the hook unde...I don't buy that explanation for the hook under the red beaked gull's beak. We saw many, many of them with that little hook. Not all of them, though.Steve Finkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14737660026751057110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-43710973233206442102016-10-14T08:00:47.910-07:002016-10-14T08:00:47.910-07:00Juvenile White-crowned Sparrow are streaked below ...Juvenile White-crowned Sparrow are streaked below and the juvenile plumage ifs replaced after just a few weeks of life by a formative or first basic plumage with no streaks below. At this point the bird should be referred to as an immature or first winter, but not juvenile.Dave Ironshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743807841259641532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-55643322590952328512016-02-02T21:59:48.568-08:002016-02-02T21:59:48.568-08:00Can't add much to what others have said. On Re...Can't add much to what others have said. On Red-shouldered Hawks of all ages, the light bands are noticeably narrower than the dark bands. On Accipiters the dark and light bands are of approximately equal width. Dave Ironshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743807841259641532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-20945276505804040112016-02-02T19:07:54.031-08:002016-02-02T19:07:54.031-08:00Yes, you were right in the first place. It IS pret...Yes, you were right in the first place. It IS pretty reddish in front, which seems a bit odd, and fairly heavy streaking for Coop, but definitely accipiter w/long tail (w/wide pale bands) and short wings, and Coop vs Sharpy because you can see the outer tail feathers (the ones on our side from this view) that are nicely stacked w/the outer ones noticeably shorter than the inner (behind) ones.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04400934442254415934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-84377197524156669552015-11-13T19:07:03.834-08:002015-11-13T19:07:03.834-08:00Mark said he saw one a week or so back at the farm...Mark said he saw one a week or so back at the farm, unusual for there as well. I get them all the time in Dallas, right through the winter. Barbara Millikanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08408046880201561982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-38015163237829619212015-02-16T18:33:57.905-08:002015-02-16T18:33:57.905-08:00Ruby-Crowned Kinglet. Bold, solid eye ring and on...Ruby-Crowned Kinglet. Bold, solid eye ring and only a single white wing bar, where as Hutton's Vireo would have 2 white wing barsTerry A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14486381576558126751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-27837219912945247552014-12-05T20:32:37.102-08:002014-12-05T20:32:37.102-08:00Very cute.Very cute.Linda Phelan Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17465510800082016187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-21793767599409008382014-11-03T07:38:16.183-08:002014-11-03T07:38:16.183-08:00Great idea, love the pictorial history. The wild t...Great idea, love the pictorial history. The wild turkey photo is so cool! Love the owlets too, and many others.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08680580048004451011noreply@blogger.com