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Durham, NC 1/31/09
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| Brown Creeper. The name is misleading: this is the fastest-moving bird I've ever seen go up (and down) the side of a tree. ID thanks to Jeff Pippen, Phil Dickinson, Michael Boatwright, Ric Carter, John Haire and many others confirming the ID. | ||||||
Durham, NC 1/30/09
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| American Robin, one of many seen in the trees (but not on the ground) |
Durham, NC 1/26/09
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| American Goldfinch. There's a little bit of yellow. If it weren't for that, I'd feel sure this one was a female. | American Goldfinch, probably male: transitional plumage | Male Downy Woodpecker |
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| Yellow-rumped Warbler | White-breasted Nuthatch | Probably young Purple Finch |
Durham, NC 1/24/09
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| Pine Warbler |
Durham, NC 1/22/09
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| Golden-Crowned Kinglet: side, front and rear views | ||||||
Durham, NC 1/20/09
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| Female Eastern Bluebird | Carolina Wren. Yes, that's snow! | Tufted Titmouse | Same Tufted Titmouse |
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| Red-bellied Woodpecker | White-throated Sparrow | White-breasted Nuthatch | Dark-eyed Junco |
Durham, NC 1/19/09
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| Probably an unusually pale Eastern Phoebe. It has two misleading shadows of branches on it. Photo by Karl D. Gottschalk. ID thanks to Dave M. of Bellmawr, NJ; Steve Schultz of NC; Jeff Lewis of Manteo, NC; and Will Cook of Durham, NC. Will wrote that it was "leucistic." | |||||
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| Female Northern Cardinal | Female Eastern Bluebird | Female or young Purple Finch |
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| This Pine Siskin (right) chased this Purple Finch off the bird feeder. |
Durham, NC 1/18/09
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| This Tufted Titmouse came right up to the window to see what was going on. | Dark-eyed Junco | Male Eastern Towhee |
Durham, NC 1/16/09
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| American Goldfinch | Pine Warbler | Pine Siskin and female Downy Woodpecker |
Durham, NC 1/14/09
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| Pine Siskin, one of about 20 that showed up together. | Maybe a young Pine Siskin |
Gulfport, Harrison County, MS 1/11/09
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| Northern Shoveler pair. They appeared around 6:30 pm. | Same Northern Shovelers in flight. They showed up among a group of about 20 gulls but left almost as soon as I spotted them. The gulls stayed put, though. |
Bay St. Louis, Hancock County, MS 1/11/09
These birds showed up at Cedar Point, a marshy area.
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| Snowy Egret | Snowy Egret | Killdeer | Killdeer in flight | Another Killdeer in flight |
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| This Killdeer flew over to a small clump of rocks off the shore. Great camouflage! | Laughing Gull in non-breeding plumage | Female Bufflehead |
Gulfport, Harrison County, MS 1/10/09
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| This Forster's Tern left a group of Laughing Gulls and Ring-billed Gulls to dive for fish. | ||||||
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| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Semipalmated Plover | Small sandpiper, first year plumage | Maybe a Semipalmated Sandpiper |
Gulfport, Harrison County, MS 1/9/09
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| Great Blue Heron | Same Great Blue Heron | Red-tailed Hawk | White-winged Dove | Rock Dove |
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| These two European Starlings were sharing a palm tree with at least one male House Sparrow. | Laughing Gull |
Bay St. Louis, Hancock County, MS 1/9/09
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| Swamp Sparrow | Horned Grebes | Female Bufflehead | Brown Pelican |
Durham, NC 1/4/09
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| Three views of a Pine Siskin showing the yellow in its wings | ||||||||||||||
Durham, NC 1/2/09
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| Female Purple Finch | Pine Siskin, with seed | Pine Siskins: They came in a large group, competing vigorously for perches, although it appears one bird was feeding another (rightmost photo). | ||||
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| Pine Siskin | This shows the yellow in a Pine Siskin's wing. |
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