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(Bumped up since no one replied. Just a Herring?)

Here's one from fall 2005 (n. Illinois) that I never properly ID'd. I think it's an Orange-crowned Warbler but I'd like a second opinion.  

I think she's a female Yellow Warbler, but I'd like a second opinion. Seen late July, n. Illinois. (Presumably the lighter bill color is a summer/fall characteristic.)  2 pics (2nd pic partly in shadow):      

Here's a gull I saw in n.e. Florida (Amelia Island, Atlantic coast) in mid-June. It's Herring sized with very worn plumage. I don't see specific marks to indicate otherwise, so I've been calling it a Herring -- either 3rd cycle or very worn adult -- but I want to get a second opinion. According to Sibley, Herring Gulls visit Florida only in ...

Location: n.e. Illinois, July 2. (I didn't give the location originally so as not to prejudice responses since Rusty is uncommon here in summer.) But I think you're right about juv. Starling. I can't believe I didn't even look at that page in my books or that I wouldn't have recognized the shape (although it was far away). In fact there were ...

Excuse the poor photos (but if I had a better one I wouldn't be asking)... I believe this is either a female Brewer's or Rusty Blackbird, but it seems to have qualities of both: Gray-brown body and possible dark eye (Brewer's) with reddish-brown in the wings (Rusty). No obvious iridescence. Presumably the dark eye rules out Rusty, but the ...

natureboy:the pair consists an im. and an adult.  the reason i called them red shouldereds is because the bottom photo is def an adult red shouldered hawk.  you can see the markings on the breast and belly and the outer primaries are transparent.  the barring on the tail is also diagnostic of a rs hawk  Interesting. Regarding the tail barring... ...

These birds were much larger than Sharp-Shinned (which are only 11 in).  Norther Harrier seems like a better choice. Female or juvenile? Perhaps #1 is female and #2 are juvenile. The guide books say juv's have an orange body that fades; would my yellow birds simply be in late stage of faded orange? On the other hand, I've received another ...

Excuse the lousy photos, but I'd like help identifying these three hawks seen in late May in n.e. Illinois (1 solo, 2 flying together). All appear to have the markings and ''S-shaped'' wing trailing edge of juv. Northern Goshawk, but presumably Goshawks visit n. Illinois only in winter. Also, none of my guide books shows a bird with such distinct ...