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  1. TLeukering

    Shorebirds Jamaica Feb 2020

    Just to translate: "Grey Plover" is Brit for "Black-bellied Plover."
  2. TLeukering

    Northern Minnesota - 2 mysteries

    Agreed. This looks like a Sharp-shinned to me.
  3. TLeukering

    Sandpiper from Ushuaia (Argentina) in November

    I have a real problem with the front bird being a White-rumped, with that perfectly straight bill and warm tones to head and chest. It's certainly a first-cycle beastie and I cannot see a juv White-rumped wearing to buff. The whitish super also doesn't bother me for Baird's (see here).
  4. TLeukering

    Seagull juveniles - Highlands

    https://cobirds.org/CFO/ColoradoBirds/InTheScope/87.pdf
  5. TLeukering

    Sparrowhawk or Peregrine?

    The eye is pale, which rules out virtually all falcons.
  6. TLeukering

    Lincoln's Sparrow

    On a buffy background
  7. TLeukering

    canada - BC

    Western Tanager seems fine for #7; it seems to have at least one pale wing bar, the bill seems hefty, the tail is notched and lacks the yellow tail spots of Yellow Warbler. I cannot think of any better candidate from that area.
  8. TLeukering

    Warbling Vireo ?

    Tennessees do not have long bills with blueish base to the mandible and do not have the supercilium cut off so abruptly immediately behind the eye, among other features inconsistent with Tennessee and other warblers.
  9. TLeukering

    Brown crested Flycatcher? Arizona USA

    Assuming that the photo was taken recently, it's a bit early for Brown-crested, and perfect timing for Ash-throated. And, yes, the bill looks too dainty for BCFL. And the top side of the tail is not all that useful in Myiarchus...
  10. TLeukering

    African collared Dove? Arizona USA

    The tail pattern is right for Eurasian, wrong for African.
  11. TLeukering

    Western vs Tropical Kingbird

    They look perfectly fine for TKs.
  12. TLeukering

    putative American Herring Gull, Devon

    I don't know European Herring Gulls at all, but this bird would not cause any sort of heart-beat rise on the US East Coast.
  13. TLeukering

    Common Goldeneyes? - Eastern Ontario, Canada

    https://cobirds.org/CFO/ColoradoBirds/InTheScope/16.pdf
  14. TLeukering

    Hooded Merganser, Dallas, Texas, USA

    https://cobirds.org/CFO/ColoradoBirds/InTheScope/82.pdf
  15. TLeukering

    UK, Bedfordshire, White Wigeon??

    Agreed
  16. TLeukering

    Coastal NC, new feeder visitor

    If you can stand the hordes, you might put the word out about your Western Tanager, as there will be birders that will like to see it.
  17. TLeukering

    Great Norther Diver/Common Loon? (England)

    Whereas in most of North America, most birders are quite happy to have a loon other than GND/COLO.
  18. TLeukering

    Red-Shouldered Hawk? (San Gabriel Mountains, CA)

    Dark wing pits
  19. TLeukering

    Red-tailed Hawk? Kentucky

    Wing shape in a static image can vary widely in all bird species as they react to air (flow, eddies, speed) and the task at hand (see here). Well, maybe not in Kiwi, but I don't know about that, but I hear that they don't fly much. The overall shape presented over time is more important.
  20. TLeukering

    Peregrine or Kestrel? Nampa, Idaho, USA

    My impression of the bird is that it's a Merlin. It looks far too small relative to the utility pole to be a larger falcon (see here). [Nota bene: The small size also rules out any non-falcon that the appearance might match, particularly Rough-legged Hawk/Buzzard.] Additionally, the blond-headed...
  21. TLeukering

    Dunlin? Sanibel Florida 1/12/19

    Dunlin has a stripe of dark splitting the pale rump and upper-tail coverts.
  22. TLeukering

    Alamos Sonora MX accipiter w no white rump

    No New World accipiter has white on the rump (which is on the top side of a bird in flight).
  23. TLeukering

    Monument Valley, Arizona

    juvenile BHCOs
  24. TLeukering

    Sparrow in Henderson, NV, USA

    Bill color is important
  25. TLeukering

    New Mexico - Chihuahuan or Common Raven?

    https://cobirds.org/CFO/ColoradoBirds/InTheScope/63.pdf
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