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My silver maples look like this now as well.  They're always fairly large in the winter compared to say sugar maple. Still not sure on the first bird though.  Rough leg does seem to fit nicely with light head and long wings, as well as season. Scott

Does it bother anyone that there is no patagial bar?  I tried to turn it into a RSHA with that long tail, but the white throat doesn't work, so we're back to RTHA.  I just though that patagial bar was alway visible except in dark morph. Scott

Mud is used by members of the thrush family and also eastern phoebe.  There are probably more possibilities as well. Scott

The facial pattern and scalloped look to the back also suggest this is a young bird transitioning to adult plumage. Scott

Nice bird.  Also look at that gape that goes right back under the eye. Scott

kingborsec: Photographed in Long Point Provincial Park Ontario thank you Agree with Ovenbird. This brings back memories.  I spend a week banding birds at longpoint about 1000 years ago.  The entire tip and banding station where we were banding got washed away the next winter.  I need to get back there one of these ...

Texas: OK, I am sending them to you..  Nice!  Ok, which one is not like the others? Scott

...and the first rsha is an immature bird, while the second (third photo) is adult. Scott

The bill on that duck comes from a female mallard, but possibly a female mallard/black cross.  You should wait for more confirmation, but the distinction between head and body just has me thinking black, while bill says mallard.  Definately not male. Scott

Not disagreeing, just being picky.  Technically, the white-crowned sparrow is first winter plumage, not juvenile.  The juvenile plumage was lost in August, and includes a streaked breast.  Most already know that, but for the sake of any beginners reading these posts, there is a difference. Scott