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Started by Vee, Oct 03 2012 01:22 AM

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#1 Vee

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Posted 03 October 2012 - 01:22 AM

Here's the pic...I couldn't narrow it down with the Wizard...thanks:) Vee

http://www.whatbird....5353-what-hawk/

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Posted 03 October 2012 - 01:27 AM

I'm sure someone will correct me- but it looks like it could be an Osprey to me with the eye striping!

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Posted 03 October 2012 - 01:28 AM

No correction needed! It's an Osprey.
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Posted 03 October 2012 - 01:29 AM

No correction needed! It's an Osprey.


*embarassed* sorry! This is technically my first time helping to ID a bird :x

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Posted 03 October 2012 - 01:47 AM

No correction needed! It's an Osprey.

I'm sure someone will correct me- but it looks like it could be an Osprey to me with the eye striping!


Awesome! Thanks so much...my first Osprey!

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Posted 03 October 2012 - 01:48 AM

Congrats on the lifer :D

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Posted 03 October 2012 - 03:29 AM

No correction needed! It's an Osprey.

*embarassed* sorry! This is technically my first time helping to ID a bird :x

Cool shot OP

Why be embarassed? You were right! You should never be embarassed for a correct ID.

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Posted 03 October 2012 - 10:51 AM

Why be embarassed? You were right! You should never be embarassed for a correct ID.

Now, an incorrect ID on the other hand.... that should bring you great shame! :o

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Posted 03 October 2012 - 11:21 AM

Now, an incorrect ID on the other hand.... that should bring you great shame! :o

We all make incorrect IDs from time to time. I've been birding on many occasionans where someone in the group made a bad call and I told them it was nothing to be ashamed of.

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Get my lifelist to 300 (currently 293)
Finally get Mountain Quail and Vesper Sparrow
Top my previous single year best (2011-253) I'm at 193 as of 5/12.

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Favorite Recent Bird(s):Blue-winged Teal (Pair), Peregrine Falcon, Sanderling (3),Franklin's Gull (9), Modesto Wastewater Treatment Facility, Modesto, CA, 5/12/13, MacGillivray's Warber, Adair Rd., Modesto, CA, 5/5/13, Long-eared Owl, Mercy Hot Springs, Fresno County, CA, 4/29/13, Lawrwnce's Goldfinch, Panoche Shool, San Benito County, CA, 4/29/13,Lawrwnce's Goldfinch, McHenry Rec Area, Escalon, CA, 4/21/13, Snowy Plover, Modesto Water Treatment Plant, Modesto, CA, 4/14/13, Blue-winged Teal, Redhead, San Luis NWR, Merced County, CA, 3/11/13, Eurasian Wigeon, American Bittern, Santa Fe Grade Rd., Merced County,, CA, 3/9/13

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Posted 03 October 2012 - 01:14 PM

Point! But i'm still new, and i'd rather not make a fool of myself until I have more experience :D

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Posted 03 October 2012 - 10:30 PM

We all make incorrect IDs from time to time. I've been birding on many occasionans where someone in the group made a bad call and I told them it was nothing to be ashamed of.


But of course, we all know that GreatHorn was only kidding. ;) Except about his infallibility, of course.
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