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LisaW
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Weekend Wildlife/Bird ID help/pic overload
Still learning how to use my new camera 
Not sure about some of these, so if you have any ideas, please let me know!!
One of the many turtles laying eggs in our yard
Howard the bluejay
Donald and Daisy
Goldfinger the goldfinch
Harry Jr the baby cardinal
Mommy Sally cardinal
Not sure what this is...any clues?
Grey Catbird
I think another baby cardinal...maybe a female?
A Robin
Daddy Harry Cardinal
Mommy and baby Grackles
Always up to something
Not sure what this is
Black capped chicadee
And, last but not least...a rare sighting of the backyard Commack parrot 
Thanks for looking!!
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Re: Weekend Wildlife/Bird ID help/pic overload
I love the backyard Common Parrot
I'm so jealous...the most exciting bird I've gotten is a Red-Wing Blackbird...maybe cuz Misty tries to chase them all.
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| Posted 6/24/07 8:13 PM |
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mrswask
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Re: Weekend Wildlife/Bird ID help/pic overload
Great pics!!!
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| Posted 6/24/07 8:15 PM |
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Sassyz75
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Re: Weekend Wildlife/Bird ID help/pic overload
great photos.
i love birds
DH makes fun of me all the time b/c I'm obsessed with bird watching!
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| Posted 6/24/07 9:20 PM |
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My2Boys
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Re: Weekend Wildlife/Bird ID help/pic overload
OMG, I looked at the last one and was like "I can identify that bird!"
Great pics, Lisa, but they all just look like "birds" to me. Sometimes when Steve's driving I'll say to the boys... "oh, look at the ducks guys" and Steve says, "those are geese, hon". Yeah... I know my birds. 
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| Posted 6/24/07 9:24 PM |
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nrthshgrl
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Re: Weekend Wildlife/Bird ID help/pic overload
Great pictures!
DH is in to birds. I'll ask him when I see him tomorrow.
Did you try WhatBird.com?
Message edited 6/24/2007 9:55:01 PM.
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| Posted 6/24/07 9:54 PM |
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TheLorax
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Re: Weekend Wildlife/Bird ID help/pic overload
Posted by LisaW
Not sure what this is
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Isn't this guy just a mourning dove?
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| Posted 6/25/07 8:10 AM |
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jozieb0925
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Re: Weekend Wildlife/Bird ID help/pic overload
Great pics!!
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| Posted 6/25/07 8:20 AM |
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LisaW
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Re: Weekend Wildlife/Bird ID help/pic overload
Posted by TheLorax
Isn't this guy just a mourning dove?
I don't think so...he was smalll...just a bit larger than a sparrow...and very puffy
Here is a better pic
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| Posted 6/25/07 11:04 AM |
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SweetTooth
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Re: Weekend Wildlife/Bird ID help/pic overload
where do you live you're seeing all this wildlife?
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| Posted 6/25/07 11:08 AM |
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LisaW
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Re: Weekend Wildlife/Bird ID help/pic overload
Posted by SweetTooth
where do you live you're seeing all this wildlife?
Believe it or not, Commack 
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| Posted 6/25/07 11:32 AM |
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CityNYGirl
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Re: Weekend Wildlife/Bird ID help/pic overload
Love it!!!!!
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| Posted 6/25/07 11:36 AM |
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LisaW
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Re: Weekend Wildlife/Bird ID help/pic overload
Posted by nrthshgrl
Great pictures!
DH is in to birds. I'll ask him when I see him tomorrow.
Did you try WhatBird.com?
I use it all the time, plus I have an Audobon birding field guide
But, those grey ones without any distinctive markings are always hard to id...and so are some of the babies
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| Posted 6/25/07 12:21 PM |
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SweetTooth
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Re: Weekend Wildlife/Bird ID help/pic overload
Posted by LisaW
Posted by SweetTooth
where do you live you're seeing all this wildlife?
Believe it or not, Commack
really? I am from commack and have never seen a turtle in my backyard
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| Posted 6/25/07 12:30 PM |
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LisaW
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Re: Weekend Wildlife/Bird ID help/pic overload
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Posted by LisaW
Posted by SweetTooth
where do you live you're seeing all this wildlife?
Believe it or not, Commack
really? I am from commack and have never seen a turtle in my backyard
Omg, we get a few a week 
We have water behind our house 
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| Posted 6/25/07 12:53 PM |
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juju
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Re: Weekend Wildlife/Bird ID help/pic overload
Great Pictures!!
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| Posted 6/25/07 8:37 PM |
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MrsERod
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Re: Weekend Wildlife/Bird ID help/pic overload
what GREAT pictures!!!!
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| Posted 6/25/07 9:06 PM |
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Re: Weekend Wildlife/Bird ID help/pic overload
LOVE these pictures!!
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| Posted 6/26/07 7:42 AM |
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greenfreak
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Re: Weekend Wildlife/Bird ID help/pic overload
The small grayish brown birds might be finches. The females look a lot like female house sparrows, about the same size, but are almost devoid of the markings of house sparrows. I always see the finch females with a male that has a red, orange or purple head. The females do have streaking on their breast though.
With juveniles birds, all bets are off because they typically take a while to grow into the adult markings. So you might have a juvenile sparrow or finch there.
I think you're ready for a Sibley's Bird ID guide. I was just thumbing through mine last night because my Dad told me he saw a bird with a brilliant yellow breast that was as big as a Cardinal in his yard. I think his sizing might be off - that's one of the hardest things to estimate in my opinion - and he might have seen a Goldfinch or Warbler or something.
Anyway, I digress. My guess is female house finch:
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| Posted 6/26/07 8:07 AM |
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Re: Weekend Wildlife/Bird ID help/pic overload
Oh, and forgot to say:
SO jealous.
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| Posted 6/26/07 8:10 AM |
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Re: Weekend Wildlife/Bird ID help/pic overload
Posted by greenfreak
I think you're ready for a Sibley's Bird ID guide. I was just thumbing through mine last night because my Dad told me he saw a bird with a brilliant yellow breast that was as big as a Cardinal in his yard. I think his sizing might be off - that's one of the hardest things to estimate in my opinion - and he might have seen a Goldfinch or Warbler or something.
Why don't you think it was an Oriole?
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LisaW
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Re: Weekend Wildlife/Bird ID help/pic overload
Posted by greenfreak
The small grayish brown birds might be finches. The females look a lot like female house sparrows, about the same size, but are almost devoid of the markings of house sparrows. I always see the finch females with a male that has a red, orange or purple head. The females do have streaking on their breast though.
With juveniles birds, all bets are off because they typically take a while to grow into the adult markings. So you might have a juvenile sparrow or finch there.
I think you're ready for a Sibley's Bird ID guide. I was just thumbing through mine last night because my Dad told me he saw a bird with a brilliant yellow breast that was as big as a Cardinal in his yard. I think his sizing might be off - that's one of the hardest things to estimate in my opinion - and he might have seen a Goldfinch or Warbler or something.
Anyway, I digress. My guess is female house finch:
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Yeah, we get a ton of house finches...they love the thistle sacks!! Maybe it was a fledgling...the smaller ones are so hard to id
What is Sibley's? I have the Audobon one...
Cam anyone ID the bird onthe lantern feeder? A juvenile starling maybe?
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CaseyGirl
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Re: Weekend Wildlife/Bird ID help/pic overload
You have turtles in your yard? I am so jealous!! 
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