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    Immature or juvenile bald eagle - Eastern Ontario, Canada

    I don't have anything to add regarding the precise age of this young eagle but I will just point out that Juvenile usually refers to a bird in the plumage that it came out of the nest in, while immature refers to any plumage state before reaching adult plumage. So juvenile can be thought of as...
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    Maysville Colorado, birds on trailcam in field

    No question, both images show a Flicker. The short, very pointed dark tail feathers are typical of a woodpecker and not really anything else. The patterning on the wing feathers is spot on for a Flicker as well. Humans are lousy at judging a birds size, whether in real life or in photos and this...
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    Not a great picture but is this an american goshawk or coopers hawk? Washington state may 24.

    Looks good for a Cooper's to my eye based on tail shape and length. Overall proportions seem a good fit for Coop and less so for Goshawk/Sharpie.
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    Shore Birds at Dupont Nature Center, Delaware USA, May 10, 2024

    All IDs look good to my eye
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    Western Michigan

    Gereat Crested Flycatcher
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    Saskatchewan, Canada - Thrush (gray cheeked, hermit, or Swanson's)

    Swainson's, the eyering and buffy loral line are on the narrow side but there.
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    What does this bushtit have?

    Could be something along the lines of aphids, they are often in large numbers on a single stem, would be easy to pick up a hefty mouthful like this and would fit well with their foraging behaviour. Fwiw, this mouthful will be for feeding young.
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    Where/how to hire a guide in Borneo?

    Check out cloudbirders.com, there you can find trip reports from myself and others by filtering for Borneo (East Malaysia) and "independent" as mode of travel. I give the contact info that I used and there are more recent reports that also give the contact info they used (I believe in all cases...
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    Independent birding near Cusco

    Check out Josh Vandermuelen's blog, here's his post about Abra Malaga and Ollantaytambo. If you read through the previous and next blog posts you might find more info on the Cuzco area. https://joshvandermeulen.blogspot.com/2022/10/ollantaytambo-and-abra-malaga-pass.html
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    Spotted in a Minnesota parking lot

    Looks more Buteo-like to me rather than Kite-like. I would concur with Butty that it appears to be an immature Red-tailed.
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    ID help with flycatchers today, South Padre Island, TX USA

    Agreed with qwerty5, though I will add that I could see Willow/Alder being candidate for 2nd pic at least. Yellow-bellied can definitely be ruled out.
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    Florida Dowitcher

    Short-billed - steeper angle to black loral line, bill is kinked and on the shorter end of spectrum (for what that's worth), mid-flanks spotted etc.
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    Guyana Savannah

    Contrastingly browner wings/greyer upperparts and hint of yellowish in bill make this a Pale-breasted Thrush rather than Campina.
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    Ruddy Ground Dove?

    Harrybongo is correct, Common Ground-dove based on the scaling on the neck and the cooler, greyer tones overall.
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    Winnipeg Canada - warbler? (Sparrow?)

    Clay-colored Sparrow, they have a distinctive song of 1-4 buzzes on a single pitch
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    Maybe 2 Vireos, South Padre Island Convention Ctr, TX, USA

    A good starting point with Vireos is the bill, both length and thickness. In this case both individuals have shorter (ruling out Red-eyes/black-whiskered), thinner (ruling out Cassin's/Blue-headed) bills. As I think is the general consensus now: first two pics are of a Warbling, rest are a Bell's.
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    Austin Texas

    Another for Lesser Goldfinch, for the reasons stated by the others
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    Colombia - Minca and Tayrona: what to do?

    Best way to do it is to bird the higher elevations along the ridge in the AM (only 6km above El Dorado but 1hr drive due to horrible road), aim to get there around dawn. PM can be spent birding around El Dorado Lodge, along the road and/or trails. Next morning, bird your way down towards Minca...
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    unidentified hummingbird - La Mesa, Cundinamarca, Colombia

    Shining-green Hummingbird based on the combination of curved bill, narrow tail feathers and moderately forked tail
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    unidentified wren in La Mesa, Cundinamarca, Colombia

    Female Barred Antshrike indeed
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    Empid on Mount Diablo, CA USA

    Another for Olive-sided
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    Northern or Louisiana Waterthrush?

    Also, spotting on throat visible in at least one photo and legs not as bright pink as typical for Louisiana
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    Bird photographed in Colombia.

    Looks to be Andean Motmot, I presume this was in the mountains somewhere?
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    Guatemala - grackle?

    ...which fits well for Unicolored Jay, a montane species.
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    Hello. Skagit Valley, WA - Gyrfalcon maybe

    Agreed with male Northern Harrier
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