Search Results matching tag 'bird'

Vulture Circling Above

MickiP65 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:33:00 GMT

Turkey Vulture
Sumner, Levy, Florida
10/10/09
3:03:28 PM

Bird w/Yellow & Red Face

AZSundog — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:37:35 GMT

In the Tucson, Arizona area, 8-12-09, early afternoon, sunny. He's eating watermelon.

Seabird Identification: Pensacola, Florida

sagwilliams — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:53:50 GMT

What kind of bird is this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0dZH-iKz48 ? I found it on the beach in Pensacola Beach, Fl, and have seen them a few times. They kind of flop up on the shore and just lay there like they are injured, but they aren't actually sick or injured at all. Their legs are really far back too.

Blue Jay

JanTheFan — Mon, 25 May 2009 01:56:00 GMT

One of my favorites-I love the attitude and the colours.

Wood Thrush ID

Digitalbcon — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:09:45 GMT

Is it possible that a Wood Thrush would be found as far south as Central Colombia, S.A. I have posted a photo in my site here and would appreciate confirmation that this is indeed a Wood Thrush.

Bald Eagle With Military Helicopters

bracomadar — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:01:00 GMT

I was sitting in my living room one day and I heard these helicopters in the distance. I got my camera and rushed out to the deck to take some pictures. Just as they were flying over I noticed there was a bald eagle flying overhead also. It was amazing watching our military flying over while our nation's bird was flying with them. For me, it was a once in a lifetime shot. I only wish I had a better camera with a better zoom, or better resolution so you could have seen more detail. It happened so fast, but I was just shooting off as many pictures as I could trying to get both the eagle and the helicopters in the same picture.

Bald Eagle With Military Helicopters

bracomadar — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:37:00 GMT

Identifying a SPECIFIC Blue Jay

Spatzzy — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:12:35 GMT

I don't know if this is even possible, but is it possible to identify a specific blue jay? We had a Blue Jay (that we named Charlie) that was extremely comfortable around us, he entered our home, sat on my shoulders - he is the reason I became a bird watcher and grew to understand the magnificence of birds. He left in the winter and today for the first time in months we had a blue jay on our property, before "Charlie" we never had blue jays. I was only able to take a quick picture of him as my dog started barking and the blue jay flew off. So I am wondering if it is possible to match up specific birds because each bird has a uninque marking, or are all Blue Jays "Identical"? I have provided pictures so that some of you may help me, is the bird on the left the same bird as the one on the right?

Thanks :)

strange bird - not indigenous

MommaDuck — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:25:51 GMT

I have a question. I've been trying to find out what kind of birds I saw landing in my neighbor's tree a couple weeks back. I didn't think much of it other than it was too cold to see robins because of the bitter temps we've been having this winter. Then I saw an article in the newspaper about how birds from Canada and the Arctic are here in New Jersey. Why? Because it's the coldest winter we've had in 25 years!

Now, I know that robins migrate back in the spring, first the males, then the females. These looked very much like female robins, only light in color. Since we've had a bunch of almost white robins in the area over the last couple years, I didn't think much about it until I saw the article.

Thinking back, they were light in color, even for female robins. And it was extremely cold. No hope for an early spring from that! They also were in a "flock" of about 8-10 birds. Their shape both in flight and while perched looked like robins. The color was off, but I chalked that up to bad eyesight and that the sun was behind them.

Now, having read the article in the paper about non-indigenous birds being in NJ, I think I was wrong about these birds. I know, I'm probably stupid for not grabbing my camera and not thinking more about the fact that robins would not come back if the weather was so bitter cold. Duh me! Anyway, I was just wondering if anyone could help me identify these birds. All the ones they mention in the article are not the birds I saw. And using this site to identify them has been very frustrating because it relies on location and these birds obviously aren't typically found in NJ.

So, any help would be great! Thanks so much!

Dickcissel

cmaw63 — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:49:00 GMT

Thanks to snowyowl for the ID of this unusual bird.