Forums: Avian: Identification, Behavior and Nomenclature

Hi Everyone, Could I please get some help on the ID for this hawk. He hangs around with the Merlins at the local marsh. Doesn't like Blue Jays and...

I would like to get an id check on this gull... I think this is a juvenile Western Gull from its darker and large bill, darker feathers and the tail....

This photograph was taken in Galveston, TX on Tuesday, 24 Aug 2010. The bird was not at all afraid of me, but was keeping a watchful eye on me as he...

I posted this on my local Audubon sightings page for my area as a Least Sandpiper and I had some comments back from a few folks that thought it...

Yesterday I was at Bolsa Chica Wetlands in Huntington Beach, California. I got this photo(my first) of a Ruddy Duck. It appears to be a female in...

These Crested Terns walked around in a tight circle with their wings held out as shown. I thought this was probably some form of courtship behaviour....

I'm not a gull expert, but I was wondering if someone could help me ID this one. It was photographed in Northern Utah in February. Thanks in...

Years ago I saw crows diving into swallow nests feet-first and making off with the young. More recently, I saw swallow nests built very close to a...

Thought this might be of interest. The poor "mom" was constantly on the move bringing insects for the "little" one. Captured on Gabriola Island,...

I was photographing plover in the salt marsh when this hawk payed a visit. Unfortunately a dog walker spooked it before it went for a bath and got...

This picture was taken this morning at the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary in Irvine, CA. There are lots of ponds and foliage there. The bird was...

Is this is a Lesser or Greater Yellowlegs, Semipalmated Sandpiper, or Least Sandpiper....picture taken at freshwater wetland area. Or maybe...

My best guess after looking through field guides and the internet is a Pine Siskin, which I have never seen before.

This was taken this morning in the grassy edges of a salt-water marsh at Sandy Hook, NJ. I didn't hear any song. I have no idea what it is; the...

glaucous winged gull second summer maybe? Taken in western Prince William Sound, Alaska. May 2010 D300, 500 f4 VR, ISO 640, f4, 1/1600

Saw this at Cade's Cove in the Smokies. No clue. Also, it's right eye appears strange too. Any thoughts if it has been injured or whatnot?

I'm thinking post-fledgling because of the tuft of down? above the beak and somewhat bare face. Also, is this a female? I don't see any wingbars. ...

Can't even guess at the species. Help appreciated!:D

Red-tailed Hawk harassment by two Cassin's Kingbirds. Bringing home the take-out dinner (a California Kingsnake) is hard enough without the...

It looks like a spotted sandpiper but was not in the usual location for a spotted. It was on the rocks beside the ocean. Nikon D300s Sigma 150-50...

Okay guys, here is another one for you that I just got this morning. I think it is an albino downy woodpecker. It was far too small for a red-bellied...

I think this is an Eastern Kingbird. It was photographed near it's nest in Western Idaho, but I think the range extends this far. Although not...

Came across this duck while photographing on the Rachel Carson Estuarine Reserve this morning. I suspect it's some kind of Mallard hybrid. Any...

please identify this ibis type my name

We have had ravens around our neighbourhood for a couple of years now. The adults appear to have fledged two young birds this year. On Sunday...