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Recent content by Dickie Byrd

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    Help ID this bird - Sept 22 2010, North of Arcitc Circle, Alaska

    Help ID this bird - Spet 22 2010, North of ARctic Circle, Alaska I want to thank everyone for posting their suggestions. All of you suggested American Pipit. Even so, I still disagreed. I want to thank Phil for the WEB Site link. After researching that and looking further on the Internet I...
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    Help ID this bird - Sept 22 2010, North of Arcitc Circle, Alaska

    This little fellow flew past me about 4 times while I was sitting on a rock. I finally put a 100-400mm lens on and waited for it again. The white eye ring and short tail lead me to the Warbler family, but none of the wing markings match any in my books. One Vireo almost matches, but is not...
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    Please help me ID this hawk, Missouri, USA

    Thank you Larry. I appreciate the assistance. I sort of leaned toward the Harlan's Hawk, but my bird looked a lot darker than what I could find in any of my books. They all showed some white on the breast. Dickie
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    Please help me ID this hawk, Missouri, USA

    Could someone help me identify this hawk? I believe it is one of the Red-Tailed Hawks but looking in my bird books I can not match up the white eye, yellow legs, undertail coloring and bands. Thank you Dickie Byrd
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    Unidentified bird on Arctic Coast, North Slope Alaska, USA

    Many thanks marklhawkes. There were three of you leaning toward the Lapland Longspur so I am going to go with that. I used two books and kept going back to the Lapland Bunting, but this bird just didn't seem to have the correct markings, (or they were very faint). It was the closest thing I...
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    Unidentified bird on Arctic Coast, North Slope Alaska, USA

    Thank you for the response Andrew. I was using Natl Geo Birds of North America and Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America. I kept going back to the Lapland Longspur, but it just didn't seem to fit. It comes about the closest of anything else though. I am going to call this one...
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    Unidentified bird on Arctic Coast, North Slope Alaska, USA

    During a canoe trip down the Colville River north of the Brooks Range, Alaska, USA, I had the opportunity to photograph a number of birds. I have 4 bird identification books but I am unable to find this bird in them. When I find the markings I see a yellow bill. Could you help me identify...
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    Help identifying this North Slope bird

    Thank you Graham. It does fit the description much better. I don't know how I missed that one. Dickie
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    Help identifying this North Slope bird

    I took this picture on 19 July, 2007 while canoeing on the Colville River north of the Brooks Range in Alaska. (aproximately Lat. N69 53). I tenatively identified it as an Orange-crowned Warbler using Sibley Field Guide to Birds but am having difficulty matching this picture to the description...
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    Bird ID from North Slope, Alaska

    Jim: The picture was taken July 12, 2007. May is a bit early to be up on the Arctic Coast taking bird pictures. There is still a lot of ice up that way yet. Thank you for identifying it for me. I think I could have done it myself if I had stopped at the Northern Shrike page, but since...
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    Bird ID from North Slope, Alaska

    Thank you Graham. The coloration in my book is for the Northern Shrike shows a definate black bar from the bill through the eye onto the neck. I bypassed that page since my bird has an almost all black head. (I sure wish some of the side shots had turned out - but it was always behind one of...
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    Bird ID from North Slope, Alaska

    I took this picture of what I initially thought was a Gray Jay at the Gubic Gas Field on Chandler River, a tributary of the Colville River, north of the Brooks Range, Alaska. The bird was seen on the verge of what is usually classified as the Extreme Arctic Coast. The long fan shaped tail...
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    Brewster's Blackbird - but not sure - Alaska

    THANKS to all for correcting my misidentified Brewster's Blackbird When you folks all said it was Juvenile Northern Shrike I checked it in Sibley's. You are correct. I glanced at that page and dismissed it because of the hooked beak on the adult pictures. But sure enough, the juvenile is the...
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    Brewster's Blackbird - but not sure - Alaska

    Hello to all from Fairbanks, Alaska, in the middle of winter. No, I did NOT take this picture this winter. (grin) I was hunting 20 miles north of the Arctic Circle when this bird landed in a tree next to me and my camera. (Canon 30D with Sigma 70-200mm lens.) By just looking at the camera...
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