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  1. MaxesTaxes

    CanadaXBarnacle hybrid? Clingendael, NL

    Hi all, I was looking back through some old photos of mine and found this one. Taken in Clingendael, The Hague, Netherlands on December 26th 2021. It was in a flock of Barnacle Geese (Branta leucopsis). Is this a Canada Goose X Barnacle Goose hybrid? It looks quite a bit like a Cackling Goose...
  2. MaxesTaxes

    Falcons from the Aeolian islands

    Thanks all, seems like I've still got much to learn about falcon lifestyles. I'm happy to be adding the Eleonora Falcon to my life list too!
  3. MaxesTaxes

    Falcons from the Aeolian islands

    Hi all, I had a lovely time in Sicily (Italy) a couple weeks ago and was namely able to add a couple lifers to my ever-growing list. I am however struggling with identifying these falcons, especially the first one (the blurry photos don't help, sorry for that). Both were spotted from the deck...
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    • aeolian islands falco falco eleonora falco peregrinus falco subbuteo falcon italy stromboli
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    • Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
  4. MaxesTaxes

    Wagtail/Pipit from Netherlands

    Yes exactly! I'm in the Bristol region and have never seen any Yellow Wagtails in the area; I also pretty much never see one reported on any of the eBird checklists, so I assume it's not just due to me. Gray Wagtails and Pied Wagtails are both common here, but not Yellows. I was actually...
  5. MaxesTaxes

    Wagtail/Pipit from Netherlands

    Ok thanks. I do usually trust my gut in situations like these, but given that Wednesday was my first time ever seeing Western Yellow Wagtails (they're not common in the UK), I wanted to remain more careful and ask for a second opinion.
  6. MaxesTaxes

    Wagtail/Pipit from Netherlands

    Hi everyone, Having a hard time identifying this juvenile(?) wagtail/pipit I saw yesterday at Driemanspolder, Zoetermeer, Netherlands. I feel like it looks like a weird cross between a White Wagtail (Motacilla alba), a Western Yellow Wagtail (M. flava), and a Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)...
  7. MaxesTaxes

    Small wader from Netherlands - Green Sandpiper?

    And I believe this is one too? Different individual, but still same time and place.
  8. MaxesTaxes

    Small wader from Netherlands - Green Sandpiper?

    Hi everyone, I saw this bird yesterday at the Nieuwe Driemanspolder in Zoetermeer, Netherlands. Am I right in thinking this is a Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)? (There's also a Common Redshank in the first photo, and a Little Ringed Plover in the second - I left them in the crop as size...
  9. MaxesTaxes

    Prairie Falcon? Devil's Tower, WY

    Okay thanks all I'll put it down as American Kestrel then (y)
  10. MaxesTaxes

    Prairie Falcon? Devil's Tower, WY

    @rkj @Butty Thanks both for your responses; seems like the ID options are more open than I thought (and hoped). Are there any ways to narrow down the possibilities? Like I said, to me the behavior was very falcon-like, and more like the peregrines I know than the kestrels. According to...
  11. MaxesTaxes

    Prairie Falcon? Devil's Tower, WY

    Hi everyone, Could this be a Prairie Falcon? I remember it having a rather Peregrine-like behavior (judging from my encounters with them in the UK) but the color on this bird seems a bit too brown for Peregrine in my opinion. Spotted at Devil's Tower, WY, USA on the 18th of July. Both species...
  12. MaxesTaxes

    Juv/Female American Redstart? From Spearfish Canyon SD

    That's what I thought, but wanted to double check with more knowledgeable people. Thank you!
  13. MaxesTaxes

    Juv/Female American Redstart? From Spearfish Canyon SD

    Hi everyone, Saw this ruffled little bird at Spearfish Canyon in South Dakota last summer (16th July). My best guess at the moment is that it's a juvenile (/female) American Redstart, but I wanted some confirmation before writing that down. I feel like it could also maybe be a flycatcher of...
  14. MaxesTaxes

    Black bird in Sylvan Lake, SD, USA

    Thanks everyone, I've put it down as a juvenile Common Grackle.
  15. MaxesTaxes

    Black bird in Sylvan Lake, SD, USA

    Okay thanks. Would this be a juvenile then? In the pictures I'm seeing it seems as though adult grackles have a distinctive yellow/white iris, which is lacking in my bird.
  16. MaxesTaxes

    Black bird in Sylvan Lake, SD, USA

    Hi everyone, I'm looking through my photos from last summer in the central US - this bird I'm having trouble identifying. I'm using Merlin and the Sibley Birds West book, and my closest match for now is a female Brewer's Blackbird but I'm not totally convinced (partly because the species is...
  17. MaxesTaxes

    Juvenile gull from Camargue, France

    No sorry, I saw the birds in person and they really were dark. I'm not sure why you think the photos are so heavily color cast, they look pretty similar to what I saw with my own eyes. I agree the quality and lighting aren't great, but the colors are rather accurate. Here's a slightly better...
  18. MaxesTaxes

    Juvenile gull from Camargue, France

    Comparing to photos online, it seems like my bird is a lot darker overall than slender-billed gull juveniles. But it may be black-headed, seems like they sometimes do get quite dark as juveniles (the immature ones I have seen in the UK have all been much whiter, but Google Images does seem to...
  19. MaxesTaxes

    Juvenile gull from Camargue, France

    I saw this juvenile gull in the Camargue, France, on the 5th of August this year. The bill seems too long and slender to me for Larus or Med gull, but the plumage doesn't seem to fit black-headed or slender-billed gull. So I must be wrong in one of my assumptions... What do you guys think this...
  20. MaxesTaxes

    Garden warbler? Veluwe Netherlands

    Thanks @Alexander Stöhr , good info :)
  21. MaxesTaxes

    Garden warbler? Veluwe Netherlands

    Great, thank you!
  22. MaxesTaxes

    Garden warbler? Veluwe Netherlands

    Right okay, my bad. Thanks a lot for your help, you and everyone else! Do you think the second one is IDable to species level? I believe there are only 3 Ficedula species (commonly) reported from the Netherlands: Pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca), collared flycatcher (F. albicollis), and...
  23. MaxesTaxes

    Garden warbler? Veluwe Netherlands

    Okay, I'm regretting adding the second bird to this thread as it seems to have confused the issue even more... it seems like people are giving slightly different answers, but after looking at what the majority are saying and looking at the different flycatcher species that actually occur in the...
  24. MaxesTaxes

    Garden warbler? Veluwe Netherlands

    And another species in the mix o_O This does look like a possibility, but I still feel like garden warbler fits better. Can I ask which features made you lean towards lesser whitethroat?
  25. MaxesTaxes

    Garden warbler? Veluwe Netherlands

    Also, could this potentially be the same species? It was seen in the same area (I've attached the normal and edited versions of the photos - note that the edit is obviously not artistic, but just to help see the features as the photos are very dark)
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