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    Improper Duck Relationships? No. VA, USA

    The males ducks in this photo that I took yesterday at Lake Fairfax, in Northern Virginia, are clearly wood ducks. But what kind of ducks are the females? They don't look like female wood ducks. (See the 2nd photo of a female wood duck.) To my poorly trained eye, they look like hooded...
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    Eastern Phoebe? Northern Virginia, USA

    I took these photos today along the shore of a lake in northern Virginia. The same bird is in all 3 photos. I think it's an Eastern Phoebe. Can someone confirm or correct this ID for me? Thank you.
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    Junco? Northern Virginia, USA

    In an open field near a lake in northern Virginia today I spotted flocks of starlings, red-winged blackbirds and grackles all hanging out together. Near the top of the tree I also saw a silhouette of something clearly different from the assembled masses, so I took a shot of it. I've uploaded...
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    Two Cormorants and . . .? No. VA, USA

    These three photos were taken at Lake Fairfax in Northern Virginia today. I apologize for the quality; the birds were pretty far away. There are two double-crested cormorants and a mystery (to me) bird in each photo. The mystery bird is on the right in the first two photos and on the left in the...
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    Northern Virginia - Green-Winged Teals?

    I took this photo today at Lake Fairfax in northern Virginia. The ducks in front are hooded mergansers, but are the ones in back green-wings teals? If so, it's a first for me. (I also got some nice shots of some wood ducks. A good day overall.)
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    Common Merganser? Northern Virginia, USA

    I took this photo today at Riverbend Park, on the Potomac, in northern Virginia. Is this a female common merganser?
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    Canada Goose Aquabatics

    The Canada Goose is usually pretty staid--curious, perhaps a little arrogant, but generally rather phlegmatic. So I was quite surprised a few days ago when, at a lake in Northern Virginia, I saw geese in a large flock sporadically taking turns rolling onto their backs, splashing around, and...
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    Unknown Finch-ish Bird, Reston, VA, USA

    I am 67 years old, and I have never typed the word "Finchr-ish" before. So even if I can't get a positive ID because of the terrible quality of the attached photos, posting this question has still been a worthwhile experience. After hiking around Lake Fairfax, I'd pulled into the parking lot of...
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    Redhead Ducks? Northern VA, USA

    Can anyone tell me if these are redhead ducks? The beaks don't look right for canvasbacks. I took the photo today at a lake in northern Virginia. Thanks for your input.
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    Red- or White-Breasted Nuthatch, NY, USA

    I took this photo last February in Westchester County, New York. I assumed it was a red-breasted nuthatch, but I just realized that it doesn't have a black eye stripe. So is this really a white-breasted nuthatch?
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    Robin Ghost Story

    I was walking in the woods in Reston, VA., today when I saw a flock of robins. They were all sitting on the ground in a semicircle looking up at the one robin in the photo. This robin was telling a ghost story about the Killer Northern Shrike--a very popular story among robins. I snapped this...
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    Song Sparrow? Reston, VA, USA

    I think this is a song sparrow. I think that because it's cold today--at least by Virginia standards--its breast feathers are all puffed out and obscuring the dark breast spot. Am I correct about this?
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    A Sparrow? Reston, VA, USA

    I can't figure out what type of bird this is. I took the photograph today in a condo-plex near a gold course in Reston, northern Virginia. There was a small flock of these birds. I didn't notice any obvious male/female differences, but the lighting was weird and there was a lot of glare off the...
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    Gadwell? Nor. VA, USA

    I took these photos earlier today at a lake in Northern Virginia. I thinks it's a gadwell. Can anyone confirm or correct this ID? Thank!
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    Savanah Sparrow or Juvenile Song Sparrow? No. VA, USA

    I took this photograph today. The bird was is a brush area abutting a golf course in Northern Virginia. Song sparrows are very common around here. I haven't seen any Savanah sparrows before, but this looks more like a Savanah than a juvenile song sparrow. Is a possible to make a positive ID?
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    Allen's or Rufous Hummingbird? La Jolla, CA, USA

    Is it possible to determine whether the bird in this photo is an Allen's or a rufous hummingbird? The photo was taken on 12/25/23 at La Jolla Cove, near San Diego, CA. I'm calling it an Allen's Hummingbird for now because I also spotted a male Allen's in the area. (The 4th & 5th photos are of...
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    Eastern Phoebe or Least Flycatcher? No. Virginia, USA

    I can't decide if the bird in these photos--all the same individual--is an eastern phoebe, possibly immature, an eastern wood pewee, or a least flycatcher. Can anyone ID this bird and explain to me how you can tell? Thank you. I took the photo yesterday at a freshwater lake in northern Virginia...
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    Unidentified Duck, Northern Virginia, USA

    Can anyone identify this diving duck for me? I took the photos today on a freshwater lake in northern Virginia. My apologies for the poor quality of the photos. I was shooting into the Sun.
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    Lesser Scaups? Northern Virginia, USA

    I took this photo today at a freshwater lake in northern Virginia. These two ducks were smaller than the mallards that were also on the lake. Are they lesser scaups?
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    Unidentified Waterfowl, San Diego, CA, USA

    I took this photo on 12/24/23 at Famosa Slough in San Diego, around sunset. There were also some double-crested cormorants in the water, so my first thought was that it was an immature cormorant, but now I can see that the beak is all wrong. Could it be a female surf scoter?
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    First Winter Glaucous-Winged Gull? San Diego, CA, USA

    I really appreciate everyone's help with all the ID requests that I've been asking for lately. I just returned from a week in San Diego. I'm an East Coast boy, and know nothing about the birds of California. Is there enough information in these two, blurry photos to ID this gull? The gull was...
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    Kingbird? San Diego, CA, USA

    Is it possible to ID this bird from a single photo? I took this photo around sunset, so the yellow might be slightly exaggerated due to the lighting (although I lightened it a little in PhotoShop). The bird was in a group of trees bordering a salt flat. I'm not familiar with west coast birds, so...
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    Unidentified, Salt Flats in San Diego, CA, USA

    I am having no luck IDing this bird. Can anyone help me? It was in some grassy brush in a salt flat in San Diego. The photos were taken on 12/23. Thanks for any help that you can offer.
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    Yellow-Rumped Warbler? San Diego, CA, USA

    Is there enough information in this photo to positively ID this bird? Is it a yellow-rumped warbler? I took this photo on 12-23. The bird was in some tall grasses growing on a salt flat in San Diego. Thanks for any help you can offer.
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    Western Wood Pewee?

    I saw a lot of western flycatchers when I was in San Diego over the holidays, but I think this might be a western wood pewee. Is it possible to confirm or correct this ID from this one photo? It was taken at a ball field near some salt flats. Thanks for your help.
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