Yes, Red-shouldered hawk. Beauty!
The dusty yellow bird sounds like a Orange-crowned Warbler. It's the right time of year for them and have seen several down here of late.
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The dusty yellow bird sounds like a Orange-crowned Warbler. It's the right time of year for them and have seen several down here of late.
^ Getting out the bird book.
Hmmmm, the book says it is the most common of the western warbles, and now is peak migration...but the bird book guide I have shows the bird in question a bit more yellow-green than that one I saw, though I am looking through a dirty backyard window in wan light.
Image in the bird book like this:
And like:
Image with same name that more closely matches the bird (body type and color) in my yard (and the following picture is pretty much it):
Ok, if we can trust the internet and keenfish, then it makes sense to me that the curious dusty yellow bird is the Orange-crowned Warbler and not some kind of wren.
Hmmmm, the book says it is the most common of the western warbles, and now is peak migration...but the bird book guide I have shows the bird in question a bit more yellow-green than that one I saw, though I am looking through a dirty backyard window in wan light.
Image in the bird book like this:
And like:
Image with same name that more closely matches the bird (body type and color) in my yard (and the following picture is pretty much it):
Ok, if we can trust the internet and keenfish, then it makes sense to me that the curious dusty yellow bird is the Orange-crowned Warbler and not some kind of wren.
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^ There are varying degrees of color depending on age, sex and time of year so hard to say.
Alright keen, Coopers, Sharp-shinned or other?
Jax Beach, this fall, 300 yards from the beach. Something online said something about the size difference between the two, and that was the best clue I could find in the short looking I did. It said one of them was the size of a Blue Jay and I was thinking, this thing would murder a Blue Jay without trying.
Jax Beach, this fall, 300 yards from the beach. Something online said something about the size difference between the two, and that was the best clue I could find in the short looking I did. It said one of them was the size of a Blue Jay and I was thinking, this thing would murder a Blue Jay without trying.
^ Oh man.. it's nearly impossible to tell the two apart especially the young ones like this one.
Based on what little I know I'm leaning towards a Cooper's hawk just because the markings and color just feel more Cooper's in this case. could be completely wrong but that's my best guess.
Nice photos sir.
Here's what the audubon website says in case you are interested.
https://www.audubon.org/news/a-beginners-guide-iding-coopers-and-sharp-shinned-hawks
Based on what little I know I'm leaning towards a Cooper's hawk just because the markings and color just feel more Cooper's in this case. could be completely wrong but that's my best guess.
Nice photos sir.
Here's what the audubon website says in case you are interested.
https://www.audubon.org/news/a-beginners-guide-iding-coopers-and-sharp-shinned-hawks
^ juvenile cooper's would be my guess. Vertical stripes on chest suggest juvenile, larger head and rounded tail feathers (and your description of size) suggest cooper's.
Doesn't look like the Sharp-shinned Hawk I've snapped in my yard (see below), so I'm with keenfish and Joshua2115.
I don’t have any raptor pics but I took an errBBers Advice from the mental health thread and rode my bike down to the boardwalk mid day and just stared at the ocean for an hour, with some good tunes to zone out the crowd. Nearly 70 degrees on 11/9
Okay Doof's photo with the head shape is a really good contrast.
I present the Michoacanese Spotted Shitstabber, and the Treasure Coast Tee Box Turd Tube Turtle
I present the Michoacanese Spotted Shitstabber, and the Treasure Coast Tee Box Turd Tube Turtle
Hahaha! Pic #1 is a Greater Yellowlegs FWIW.
The turtles I have no clue but they look like they are having a better Monday than me.
Keep them coming.
so forty minutes ago, i was minding my
own business, sprawled on a bench, on
the princeton campus. there’s a little open
space, surrounded by trees, across from the
art museum. in this space there are 6
other benches and big lawn chairs, all empty.
one of the local fauna decide to dump
its bike next to me and execute a series of
suggestive poses...
nature is wonderful.
lotsa birds here too...
own business, sprawled on a bench, on
the princeton campus. there’s a little open
space, surrounded by trees, across from the
art museum. in this space there are 6
other benches and big lawn chairs, all empty.
one of the local fauna decide to dump
its bike next to me and execute a series of
suggestive poses...
nature is wonderful.
lotsa birds here too...
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how does that ^^^ end up in Oregon?
No clue what it is but it looks more suited to a slightly warmer climate
No clue what it is but it looks more suited to a slightly warmer climate
^^ should have been more transparent, photo taken on the last visit to Mom on Oahu.
*Side note, grew up with much different looking lizards, Anoles. Much sleeker, bigger/longer. Couldn't say when these replaced those. Hot summer night entertainment was watching those anole feast on flying termites on the screen doors.
*Side note, grew up with much different looking lizards, Anoles. Much sleeker, bigger/longer. Couldn't say when these replaced those. Hot summer night entertainment was watching those anole feast on flying termites on the screen doors.