Bird watching contest - name this bird

[Onkel Neal]

Well, not really a contest, but it may be fun. I've been setting up feeders in my back yard, which resembles a zoopark. I am seeing more and more birds of a wide variety. I'm not really an avid birdwatcher, and I'm quite ignorant of species (that's a black bird, that's a blue bird, that's a cardinal--that's about it for me :doh: ). So, what about if I post a pic and you guess/research/ID the bird. There could be a prize or two. Be sure to cite your source. If you agree with someone's answer, feel free to second it with your proof :)



Bird #1 American Gold Finch
http://www.subsim.com/meet08/yellowbirds.jpg

PS: I cannot answer for the quality of the photography, I'm no Horsa and most of the pics are taken through a window :D

[AVGWarhawk]

Gold Finch (lesser)

http://www.myphotoclub.com/storage/users/128/128/images/1493/gold%20finch.jpg

Definitely the finch family and probably this one that is indigenous to TX

http://www.greglasley.net/lessergold.html

[SteamWake]

Meh not the kind of 'bird' I was hoping for ;)

[Fish]

Common Redpoll?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Redpoll

More pics:
http://www.biopix.nl/Species.asp?Searchtext=Carduelis%20flammea&Category=Fugle

[Oberon]

Yeah, I'd go for the Finch as well. :yep:

[owner20071963]

Yes Def its a Finch,
Being a Bird Lover :yep:

[XabbaRus]

A target.....

[SteamWake]

Yes Def its a Finch,
Being a Bird Lover :yep:

Jenny Finch ?

http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh312/UlteriorModem/jennie-finch-picture-1.jpg

[owner20071963]

Yes Def its a Finch,
Being a Bird Lover :yep:
Jenny Finch ?

http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh312/UlteriorModem/jennie-finch-picture-1.jpg

Wife looks better :arrgh!:

[Letum]

Excellent thread.

That is a male American Gold Finch in it's winter colours.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Goldfinch

They look better in summer, but you won't see them in Texas in summer.

They are sometimes called "wild canaries".
http://www.b3tards.com/u/57a418c694bc7c6296b3/a.jpg

[longam]

I never knew they change colors like that, I'm use to the summer colors. Interesting.

[Skybird]

Oh, I was misled... :lol:

[Onkel Neal]

Wow, you guys are good. American Gold Finch it is, nicely done. Wild canaries, yeah, that's exactly the impression I got when I saw him, he looked a little exotic for a songbird. This could be fun, plus it gives us a chance to stop arguing about politics for a while.

Bird #2
http://www.subsim.com/meet08/P3220011.jpg

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[AVGWarhawk]

I would say a Junco but the red beak is throwing me off. Also, beak shape says it is a finch. Almost looks like the common house finch.

[UnderseaLcpl]

Flugzeug gesichtet!!!

[SteamWake]

Femail Cardinal the males are red.

[AVGWarhawk]

Common Field Sparrow

http://www.schmoker.org/BirdPics/Photos/Sparrows/FISP9.jpg

[AVGWarhawk]

Femail Cardinal the males are red.

You might be right!

[AVGWarhawk]

Femail Cardinal the males are red.
You might be right!


Yeah, good one Steamwake:

http://www.hoganphoto.com/cardinal__female_new_.jpg

Female Cardinal

[Letum]

Yup, it's a female Northern Cardinal.
Cardinalis cardinalis.

Again, you have missed out on the more impressive bird. The male is much more vibrant.

Every now and again we get one in the UK and the twitches go wild.

[SteamWake]

There common as dirt around here in the winter. Big time migrators.

If you really want to attact some they love sunflower seeds ;)

[longam]

I'm guessing from that last picture Neal doesn't know what this bird is.

http://media.komonews.com/images/080701_deck_stain.jpg

Sorry just had too.... I fix stuff for a living.

[Onkel Neal]

Yup, it's a female Northern Cardinal.
Cardinalis cardinalis.

Again, you have missed out on the more impressive bird. The male is much more vibrant.

Every now and again we get one in the UK and the twitches go wild.

You must mean this fellow
http://www.subsim.com/meet08/P1220883.jpg


That was bird #3.

I'll see what I can find tomorrow, all the birds are napping in the sun now.


I'm guessing from that last picture Neal doesn't know what this bird is.

http://media.komonews.com/images/080701_deck_stain.jpg

Sorry just had too.... I fix stuff for a living.

Haha, good point! Actually, the deck was here & fully weathered when I bought the house 5 years ago. I did stain the 12-person picnic table I built last summer, though :)

[AVGWarhawk]

Keep in mind that particular types of seed you put out will attract particular types of bird. So, if there is birds of a varity you like look for that seed they dig. Of course friggin starlings love any old crap you put out and they show up in the thousand eating it all, scaring off the other birds and crapping all over the house and car. :88) BTW, keep it up and a few neighborhood cats will be around the way for look at the new lunch counter:o

[XabbaRus]

Yup, it's a female Northern Cardinal.
Cardinalis cardinalis.

Again, you have missed out on the more impressive bird. The male is much more vibrant.

Every now and again we get one in the UK and the twitches go wild.
You must mean this fellow
http://www.subsim.com/meet08/P1220883.jpg


That was bird #3.

:)

Even brighter target :rotfl:

Bird do my head in, ok the little ones are fine but the bigs ones especially Pigeons and Gulls are on my hit list. They crap all over my car.....and the gulls in Aberdeen are evil. Just type Seagull city Scotland into google.

[longam]

Haha, good point! Actually, the deck was here & fully weathered when I bought the house 5 years ago. I did stain the 12-person picnic table I built last summer, though :)
That's OK Neal, the house I purchased a few months ago has a deck that has carpet on it for a few years, talking about damage. back to the birds.

[Fish]

Yup, it's a female Northern Cardinal.
Cardinalis cardinalis.

Again, you have missed out on the more impressive bird. The male is much more vibrant.

Every now and again we get one in the UK and the twitches go wild.I think the correct name is: Richmondena Cardinalis. :smug:

See: http://www.yankeegardener.com/birds/cardinal.htm

[FIREWALL]

[quote=Letum]Yup, it's a female Northern Cardinal.
Cardinalis cardinalis.

Again, you have missed out on the more impressive bird. The male is much more vibrant.

Every now and again we get one in the UK and the twitches go wild.

You must mean this fellow
http://www.subsim.com/meet08/P1220883.jpg


Woody Woodpecker :p

[Onkel Neal]

Ok, this guy was HARD to get on film, he hardly ever sits still long.
http://www.subsim.com/meet08/P1240924.JPG
http://www.subsim.com/meet08/P1240930.JPG

[fatty]

Carolina chickadee, the black-capped variety is a real staple up here. I have a few pics at home of one landing on my mom's fingers to eat seeds out of her palm. I will post them later tonight when I'm off work.

[Letum]

Yup, it's a female Northern Cardinal.
Cardinalis cardinalis.

Again, you have missed out on the more impressive bird. The male is much more vibrant.

Every now and again we get one in the UK and the twitches go wild.I think the correct name is: Richmondena Cardinalis. :smug:

See: http://www.yankeegardener.com/birds/cardinal.htm

No. it is Cardinalis cardinalis.
The name Richmondena Cardinalis was dropped in 1983 to avoid confusion with other birds.
:know:


This latest one looked like some kind of tit to me, but I couldn't name it.
After a bit of googleing....
Fatty is right; it's the Carolina Chickadee, Poecile carolinensis and it is a kind of tit.

[stew278]

Cornell University has a good website for identifying birds in North America, as well as tips on bird feeding+ watching:
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/

[stew278]

How about this one

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa312/jbstew278/P1120353.jpg

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa312/jbstew278/P1120385.jpg

[AVGWarhawk]

Looks like a Wren to me. :up:

[mookiemookie]

Looks like a Song Sparrow to me: http://jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/birds/ohio_birds/Song_Sparrow.html

[fatty]

Ok, as promised:

http://jmgillis.com/DSC02232.jpg

[mengle]

i know this one "koolmees" , but not the name in englisch

[FIREWALL]

Here's one :p

http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/851/foghornleghorngy0.png I say there, Who am I ?

[stew278]

Looks like a Song Sparrow to me: http://jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/birds/ohio_birds/Song_Sparrow.html
Yep, I'm fairly sure it was a song sparrow. Of course the only song he was singing that day was Brrrrrrrr (it was very cold)


Here's an easy one:

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa312/jbstew278/P1110370.jpg

[SteamWake]

Looks like a Song Sparrow to me: http://jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/birds/ohio_birds/Song_Sparrow.html
Yep, I'm fairly sure it was a song sparrow. Of course the only song he was singing that day was Brrrrrrrr (it was very cold)


Here's an easy one:

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa312/jbstew278/P1110370.jpg

Red headed woodpecker...

These guys are kind of funny when they go after aluminum poles... tap tap tap tap... rinnnngggg.

There not so funny when they start hammering the eves of the house. Then its tap tap tap BLAM with a wiff of gunpowder.

[TarJak]

http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200804/r242066_982833.jpg

One you are less likely to see in the US or Europe...:lol:

[stew278]

Yellow-tufted Honeyeater

[sunvalleyslim]

It's a Whooping Geech, Sir!.........:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[TarJak]

Yellow-tufted HoneyeaterClose. Definately a honeyeater.

[stew278]

Yellow-tufted HoneyeaterClose. Definately a honeyeater.

Purple-gaped honeyeater

[TarJak]

Nope try a Helmeted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops cassidix)

[Onkel Neal]

Ok, I know this is a woodpecker and a red headed one at that... or there variants?
http://www.subsim.com/meet08/woodpecker1.jpg

[AVGWarhawk]

Believe it or not, this is the red-bellied woodpecker. Yeah, no red belly but it is what it is.

http://www.birdsandblooms.com/images/bdb/redbelliywood_fBoxH.jpg

[Onkel Neal]

Wow! :o You're good.

[stew278]

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa312/jbstew278/P1110370.jpg[/quote]
Red headed woodpecker...

These guys are kind of funny when they go after aluminum poles... tap tap tap tap... rinnnngggg.

There not so funny when they start hammering the eves of the house. Then its tap tap tap BLAM with a wiff of gunpowder.[/quote]

Actually this one was a downy woodpecker. For red headed the entire head is red


How about this one

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa312/jbstew278/P1100730.jpg

[AVGWarhawk]

Wow! :o You're good. Back in the day my brother was an avid bird watcher. I went on a few of his trips in the field to check out our feathered friends. I learned a thing or two. :know:

[AVGWarhawk]

Stew.

hooded merganser duck. :know:

http://www.ducks.org/media/_global/_images/waterfowlGallery/Hooded%20Merganser.jpg

[baggygreen]

Stew.

hooded merganser duck. :know:

http://www.ducks.org/media/_global/_images/waterfowlGallery/Hooded%20Merganser.jpgyou say duck, i say dinner ;)

[A Very Super Market]

Ugh. I wouldn't want to eat that. It looks like, well, Timmy from South Park.

[Onkel Neal]

Ok, ready for a challenge? Remember, all these pics are taken from my back door...





ok, here we go....









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http://www.subsim.com/meet08/P1140816.jpg

[A Very Super Market]

But that's no bird!

Think it's an Eastern Gray Squirrel...

[AVGWarhawk]

Ok, ready for a challenge? Remember, all these pics are taken from my back door...





ok, here we go....









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http://www.subsim.com/meet08/P1140816.jpg


These are gray swans:88)

[SteamWake]

Common Squirell

Scientific name Squirellis wreckis stuffis

[Onkel Neal]

Ok, time for a bonus pack.
http://www.subsim.com/meet08/P7110035.jpg


The woodpecker we've established. I'm pretty sure the big blue bird is a Blue Jay, not sure if there are subspecies.

The pair of small brown birds? Wrens?

[longam]

See both those common birds in Ohio all the time

House Wren
http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/814/overview/House_Wren.aspx

Blue Jay
http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/99/overview/Blue_Jay.aspx

[stew278]

Blue Jay

Red-Bellied Woodpecker on the tree (looks like a female, on a male the red head stripe runs all the way to the beak)

House Sparrows (females)

Notice the beaks on the sparrows are fairly thick, for breaking seeds. Wrens have long slender beaks for catching invertebrates.

[AVGWarhawk]

The good old blue jay. The policeman of the woods. Darn loud birds! I see it is nice and warm in TX. Green leaves. It is friggin snowing here. Brown and bare trees. :down:

[stew278]

Common Squirell

Scientific name Squirellis wreckis stuffis

Aka: Bushytailed Bastards

Aka: The Gray Menace

Aka: Furry Fiends


Squirrels are a lot of fun to watch, I just wish they wouldn't act like bullies and chase the birds away from the feeders. Watching those clever little furballs thwart the "squirrel-proofing" devices on the birdfeeders is a hoot too.

[longam]

Blue Jay
House Sparrows (females)

Notice the beaks on the sparrows are fairly thick, for breaking seeds. Wrens have long slender beaks for catching invertebrates.
Ah your right, always thought they were wrens
http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/84/overview/House_Sparrow.aspx

[stew278]

Here's another easy one. Took this pic at my parent's house in Wisconsin this summer
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa312/jbstew278/P1020979.jpg

[AVGWarhawk]

Looks like a Chick-a-dee.

http://animal.discovery.com/guides/wild-birds/gallery/black_capped_chickadee.jpg

[SteamWake]

Here is one not so easy :cool:

http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh312/UlteriorModem/Bird.jpg

[AVGWarhawk]

Red shoulder hawk

http://warrencampdesign.com/fisher/march8/images/andrewBirds/redShoulderHawk.jpg

Possibly the broad winged hawk:

http://content.ornith.cornell.edu/UEWebApp/images/KTK_112002_100005_S_1.jpg

I will stick with the red shoulder hawk.

[SteamWake]

Red shoulder hawk

http://warrencampdesign.com/fisher/march8/images/andrewBirds/redShoulderHawk.jpg

Possibly the broad winged hawk:

http://content.ornith.cornell.edu/UEWebApp/images/KTK_112002_100005_S_1.jpg

I will stick with the red shoulder hawk.

Nope

The thing in his beak might offer a clue.

[AVGWarhawk]

Sea hawk?

[stew278]

Snail Kite

[AVGWarhawk]

Good Show! I can honestly say I have not heard of this bird.

[SteamWake]

Snail Kite

Ding winner...

Only seen in the southern reaches of Florida. :up:

[Onkel Neal]

Wow, this is great, I am learning a lot.

Weather here is going to drop into the low 30s so I may not see any birds until Friday.

[AVGWarhawk]

Wow, this is great, I am learning a lot.

Weather here is going to drop into the low 30s so I may not see any birds until Friday.

The birds predict the weather for you Neal. If the feeder is very active with birds, bad weather is coming. Here in the Mid-Atlantic states,snow is coming if the feeder is abundant with birds. Just another way nature helps predict the weather. So, if you are dipping to the 30's your feeder will probably be active. Question is, do you want to be standing in 30 degree weather taking pictures. :hmm:

[Catfish]

Hello,
i really tried to resist, but ...
http://www.spielmannszug-oetinghausen.de/spass/bild-vogel-suchen.htm

Which one is it ?

Greetings,
Catfish

[stew278]

Here's one of my favorite winter birds visiting the suet feeder outside my lab. Normally this bird is a ground feeder, but because there is a foot of snow they've been in the tree.

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa312/jbstew278/c8b0c326.jpg

[AVGWarhawk]

Slate Colored Junko


http://gallery.photo.net/photo/4107199-lg.jpg

Good Lord, I really did learn something tromping through the woods with my brother and a pair of binoculars.

[stew278]

Slate Colored Junko


http://gallery.photo.net/photo/4107199-lg.jpg

Good Lord, I really did learn something tromping through the woods with my brother and a pair of binoculars.

Yep, also known as the Dark-eyed Junco.


Another one I took back in WI this summer
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa312/jbstew278/P1020959.jpg

[AVGWarhawk]

Red Capped Chickadee

http://i.pbase.com/u45/alterego/large/29384913.Redcappedchickadee.jpg

[Onkel Neal]

Nicely done, stew. I really like the Junco.

[AVGWarhawk]

Go find me a Nut Hatch!

[stew278]

Red Capped Chickadee

http://i.pbase.com/u45/alterego/large/29384913.Redcappedchickadee.jpg

Nope, try again. Can't see the picture on the link, but the one I posted isn't a chickadee

[stew278]

Go find me a Nut Hatch!
Only seen the white-breasted ones here

This one got cornered in the doorway of my lab building this fall. I happened to have my camera handy because I was taking pics of praying mantis that day.
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa312/jbstew278/P1090001-1.jpg

[AVGWarhawk]

Nice pic of the nut hatch. He was probably wondering what the heck you were doing.

[AVGWarhawk]

Red Capped Chickadee

http://i.pbase.com/u45/alterego/large/29384913.Redcappedchickadee.jpg
Nope, try again. Can't see the picture on the link, but the one I posted isn't a chickadee

Got me stumped. Looks like the red capped to me. :hmm:

[stew278]

Red Capped Chickadee

http://i.pbase.com/u45/alterego/large/29384913.Redcappedchickadee.jpg
Nope, try again. Can't see the picture on the link, but the one I posted isn't a chickadee
Got me stumped. Looks like the red capped to me. :hmm:

Alright, I found the pic you linked. It is the same species of bird as in that pic, but the bird there isn't a red-capped chickadee (don't even know if there is such a thing). It's a chipping sparrow

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Chipping_Sparrow.html

[Quillan]

Go find me a Nut Hatch!
You're not running through Olsen's Standard Book of British Birds (Expurgated), are you? ;)

[AVGWarhawk]

Go find me a Nut Hatch!
You're not running through Olsen's Standard Book of British Birds (Expurgated), are you? ;)

Never heard of that book. I'm only familiar with the Ornithological Society. My brother had a fieldbook of North American birds. Nut hatch is indiginous to North America. ;)

[SteamWake]

http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh312/UlteriorModem/Bird2.jpg

[Letum]

Dat ders a byrd, dat is.
. (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eAIsrItS2nc)

[Onkel Neal]

http://www.subsim.com/meet08/owl1.jpg

I never said it was going to be easy!

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[stew278]

SteamWake, that looks like a swallow-tailed kite

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Swallow-tailed_Kite.html

[Koondawg]

red Tail Hawk Neal? hard to see with those branches....perhaps you could trim some without disturbing the bird? :D


KD

[AVGWarhawk]

http://www.subsim.com/meet08/owl1.jpg

I never said it was going to be easy!

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This is a tree with a very large brown leaf attempting to hang on for winter. It is a hawk. What kind, not sure from this angle.

[Quillan]

Go find me a Nut Hatch! You're not running through Olsen's Standard Book of British Birds (Expurgated), are you? ;)
Never heard of that book. I'm only familiar with the Ornithological Society. My brother had a fieldbook of North American birds. Nut hatch is indiginous to North America. ;)

Three words for you to google search then: Monty... Python... bookshop.

[SteamWake]

SteamWake, that looks like a swallow-tailed kite

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Swallow-tailed_Kite.html

Yup Im on a Kite Kick :p

[stew278]

http://www.subsim.com/meet08/owl1.jpg

I never said it was going to be easy!

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Is that a fairly large bird (crow sized)? Looks like a grayish bird with a fairly large head relative to the body size. Also the tail appears to have wide bars on it. If it is a large bird, my guess would be barred owl, but it is really tough to call from this shot.

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Barred_Owl.html

[AVGWarhawk]

Highly unlikely you would see one at this time of day. Night time hunters for most if not all of the owls. Sometimes you catch on on the loose during the day but highly unlikely. I suspect it is some kind of hawk.

[stew278]

Took this one during a hike this summer
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa312/jbstew278/62708.jpg

[FIREWALL]

Took this one during a hike this summer
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa312/jbstew278/62708.jpg

I like that picture. :yep: Good work Stew 278 :up:

[longam]

I never said it was going to be easy!

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Barn Owl

[AVGWarhawk]

Beautiful creature. Not sure on this one Stew. Looking at the foliage, it is just like my neck of the woods. Eastern deciduous woodlands. Hmmmmm. I can say I have not see this in the wild. :hmmm: I will dig around.

[AVGWarhawk]

I never said it was going to be easy!

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Barn Owl

We have to look at what TX has for owls. All I could come up with is a Ferruginous Pygmy-owl

[AVGWarhawk]

I'm guessing just a blue bird:

http://www.learnbirdsongs.com/images/indigo-buntingwtmk.jpg

Indigo Bunting

[longam]

I never said it was going to be easy!

.
Barn Owl
We have to look at what TX has for owls. All I could come up with is a Ferruginous Pygmy-owl

I came up with 4 and only the Spotted Owl comes close

http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/12/overview/Spotted_Owl.aspx

[stew278]

Last one was an indigo bunting. Very striking bird, at least the males are. Good singers too.

Here's another one from a summer hike
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa312/jbstew278/P1000969.jpg

[SteamWake]

Last one was an indigo bunting. Very striking bird, at least the males are. Good singers too.

Here's another one from a summer hike


Another Cardinal?

The other one is the bluebird of happiness of course :D

[SS107.9MHz]

Nice Thread guys, could you post the scientific names on the answers? And you could post the camera and ISO/aperture/shutter settings too :)

I'd like too see more european birds posted too, once I have the time i'll post some pics from my surroundings

[AVGWarhawk]

Cedar Waxwing Stew.

http://www.birdingmaine.com/images/cedar_waxwing_closeup.jpg

[SS107.9MHz]

The european counterpart (not my pic!) http://www.fugleognatur.dk/images/galleri/silkehale.jpg

Bombycilla garrulus, portuguese name Tagarela europeu (European Prater)

[stew278]

Here's one I took while fishing on Lake Erie

Bonus: what kind of fish did it catch?

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa312/jbstew278/P1100851.jpg

[AVGWarhawk]

Great Blue Heron

[FIREWALL]

GUESS WHOooo ???

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/847/woody20woodpeckergc2.jpg

[stew278]

GUESS WHOooo ???

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/847/woody20woodpeckergc2.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Woodpecker_20040529_151837_1c.jpeg/769px-Woodpecker_20040529_151837_1c.jpeg

(Not my photo, took from wikipedia)

[AVGWarhawk]

Pileated woodpecker

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/animals/images/primary/pileated-woodpecker.jpg

A few years back one of these buggers was tapping away on my gutter. Loud bird it is when pecking!

[stew278]

Saw a couple interesting birds while out walking today.

First one should be pretty easy
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa312/jbstew278/0d333448.jpg

This one is a little tougher, mostly because it was perched so far up I couldn't get a good photo. Size wise the bird was larger than a blue jay, but smaller than a crow.

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa312/jbstew278/e719cecc.jpg
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa312/jbstew278/3bb6c19f.jpg

[AVGWarhawk]

I guess the top one looks like a broad winged hawk. The other is a hawk but what king I can not tell.

[stew278]

I guess the top one looks like a broad winged hawk. The other is a hawk but what king I can not tell.
Not quite, it is from the genus Buteo, but think of a larger and more common species. The broad-winged hawks are in South America this time of year.

The 2nd one I can't say for certain either, but I've narrowed it to 2 possibilities; both from genus Accipiter.

[stew278]

Alright, the top one was a red tailed hawk (Buteo Jamaicensis). It doesn't look like it as much in flight there, but it was clearer when it was perched in the trees.

The 2nd one I think is a Cooper's hawk (Accipiter Cooperii). I had narrowed it to either that or a Sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter Striatus), but based upon the size I'm inclined to go with the Cooper's hawk. The Sharp-shinned hawk is roughly the size of a Blue Jay, whereas the Cooper's is about the size of a crow. This bird was a bit too large to be the Sharp-shinned

[AVGWarhawk]

It is a hawk for sure. You are probably right with your pick of a Coopers. We have red tailed hawks in my neck of the woods. I did not think about it but yesterday there was a huge turkey vulture on my neighbors trash can. It is a damn big bird and bit ugly as well. I did not think to take a picture.

http://cabezaprieta.org/images/hedrick/turkey_vulture_2.jpg

[stew278]

Some turkey vulture pictures I took this summer

I see lots of vultures, it's almost as though they are following me waiting for me to drop :hmmm:

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa312/jbstew278/P1100893.jpg

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa312/jbstew278/P1100908.jpg

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa312/jbstew278/P1100909.jpg

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa312/jbstew278/P1090803.jpg

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa312/jbstew278/P1100332.jpg

[AVGWarhawk]

They are a strange bird. See how they hold their wings out while perched? I wonder why the do that. Perhaps to pick up some heat from the sun? I have seen them do this when they end up around my house for some critter on the road flatten by a car.

[stew278]

These ones should be pretty easy. Had a snow day last week so I went downtown to feed the birds. This pic turned out pretty good

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa312/jbstew278/dc9240f9.jpg

[AVGWarhawk]

Canadian Geese. Mallards in the background.

[FIREWALL]

I thwat I saw a puddy cat !!!

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/4022/f3ef80167d277046420dfbbnv1.gif

[stew278]

This one was too timid to move where I could get a clear shot, but you should see enough of the distinguishing markings to identify it

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa312/jbstew278/54dd22b3.jpg

[Lagger123987]

I thwat I saw a puddy cat !!!

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/4022/f3ef80167d277046420dfbbnv1.gif

Nice S.E.A. font, where did you get it?