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  1. azterry

    How many species of owl have you seen

    I love owls but have seen only a few: Barred Owl Great Horned Owl Snowy Owl Burrowing Owl Plus a Megascops sp.
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    Does this App Exist?

    WHile there are many, many sources of "Play me this bird call", I haven't heard of an app that does what you say. It would be very simple to write the software (which I can do) but very expensive to license enough good quality audio clips to make the software usable - I know because I am...
  3. azterry

    First birdwatching trip--any tips?

    Don't let your field guide "remind you" of a feature that you hadn't really noticed while you had actual eyes on the bird. Sometimes it means the bird in question goes unidentified. It is better to notice the fieldmarks yourself and then use those as a filter when it is time to look up the bird...
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    unidentified sp. from Washington, US

    The linked article seems to point to RWB - the heavy streaking (rather than sooty looking breast with darker areas) is telling. After reading that article I would say it looks easier to tell female RWB/TCB apart than the males!
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    AZ, USA - Hummingbird with yellow throat - pollen?

    I am guessing Broad-billed but first had to rule out the strange, rare, vagrant, alien, hybrid, experimental Yellow-throated Hummingbird!
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    AZTerry's 2017 Year List

    June 2, Buenos Aires NWR & Arivaca Lake Common Black Hawk (06/02) Arivaca Lake Gray Hawk (06/02) Arivaca Lake Killdeer (06/02) Arivaca Lake Thick-billed Kingbird (06/02) Arivaca Lake Common Ground-dove (06/02) Buenos...
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    AZTerry's 2017 Year List

    May 22, Rose Canyon Black Vulture (05/21) Home American Robin (05/22) Rose Canyon Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (05/22) Rose Canyon Cordilleran Flycatcher (05/22) Rose Canyon Warbling Vireo (05/22) Rose Canyon Greater Pewee...
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    AZ, USA - Hummingbird with yellow throat - pollen?

    Have no idea what this one is. The yellow on the throat is probably pollen but it is so nicely positioned, it looks like natural coloring. Pollen?
  9. Cordilleran Flycatcher

    Cordilleran Flycatcher

    Saw this singing male at around 7,000 elevation in Southern Arizona's Catalina Mountains.
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    AZTerry's 2017 Year List

    Bridled Titmouse (03/05) Madera Canyon Broad-billed Hummingbird (03/05) Madera Canyon Chipping Sparrow (03/05) Madera Canyon Dark-eyed Junco (03/05) Madera Canyon Lincoln's Sparrow (03/05) Madera Canyon Mexican Jay (03/05) Madera Canyon Pine Siskin (03/05)...
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    Female hummingbird ID needed (AZ, USA)

    No surprise but I was hoping. Thank you both.
  12. azterry

    Female hummingbird ID needed (AZ, USA)

    What was pointing you towards the one in your yard being a Rufous?
  13. azterry

    Female hummingbird ID needed (AZ, USA)

    I've been going round and round between Broad-tailed, Calliope and Rufous. What is pointing you towards rufous?
  14. azterry

    Female hummingbird ID needed (AZ, USA)

    Tried to delete and repost but couldn't do that so, BUMP. Any pointers on this bird would be helpful.
  15. azterry

    Female hummingbird ID needed (AZ, USA)

    Again the female hummingbird stymies me. Any help would be appreciated. Photo taken around 7,000 elevation in SE Arizona.
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