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[Delilahae]

Need some help with identification of these birds please..

Thank you..

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Couple other birds will be in Part 2 Post..

Thanks..

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[creeker]

1. & 2. Juvie Dark-eyed Junco
3.,4.,5. Common Yellowthroat
6., 7. California Towhee
8., 9. Northern Rough-winged Swallow

[TheBillyPilgrim]

1. & 2. Juvie Dark-eyed Junco
3.,4.,5. Common Yellowthroat
6., 7. California Towhee
8., 9. Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Agree with 1-7. Leaning NRWS on 8&9, but not enough there for me to rule out other species.

[psweet]

8 and 9 look like juvenile Tree Swallows to me - Rough-winged shouldn't be that bright white below, and they shouldn't show that slight fork to the tail.

[creeker]

Maybe I was off because I answered part two first, and there was a bunch of NRWS in that post. I didn't even look at these guys that close because of it. Isn't that cinnamon wing bars on the first, though?

[psweet]

Sibley's shows juvenile Trees with white tips on the tertials -- this could be a lighting issue, I think. Looking closer at that same shot, the throat is also pretty white.

[creeker]

Well, I do see these two swallows in close association all the time, so makes sense that they would be in this instance too. I defer to psweet on this one. I should have studied them closer.

[Delilahae]

Thank you very much..

So you think number 8 and 9 are juv. tree swallows?.

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[creeker]

Thank you very much..

So you think number 8 and 9 are juv. tree swallows?.

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Yes. I believe that's where we ended up.

[Delilahae]

Great..Thank you..

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