Can you help ID this bird please?

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wev said:
The tail under color, white edged gray, is a vireo trait -- maybe a blue-headed which winter with you. The other is a palm, as you guessed
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Kevin H said:
Blue Headed Vireo
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Thanks guys. The Audubon people were there rattling off names and one of them said Blue Eyed Vireo. I couldn't find that anywhere. I thought I looked at all the vireos also, but guess not close enough.
 
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brown headed cowbird???

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@wev [MENTION=10762]Kevin H[/MENTION]
Thanks, I just wanted some confirmation. I have only seen 2 of these going after the suet, and never together. One chases the other off.
My images haven't been great.
 
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crappy pic and i didnt have my binoculars with me, 300mm lens shooting into the sun at LA beach, a dark bird with a white patch on the back of its head/neck, probably a juvi something? i have been looking at loons but cant find a match.

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Roy1961 said:
crappy pic and i didnt have my binoculars with me, 300mm lens shooting into the sun at LA beach, a dark bird with a white patch on the back of its head/neck, probably a juvi something? i have been looking at loons but cant find a match.

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Surf Scoter?
Funky beak and white patch on neck. I thought it had a kind of Muscovy look to the beak area from your image. So, I started there and then found a list of ducks in the area.
 
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Was out the other day working on BIF and found a bunch of seagulls. Up until @Woodyg3 mentioned differences between gulls, I never realized there was more than one variety.

So can anyone tell me what the big one is on the right? I am assuming it is some type of gull (and I probably shouldn't assume anything). :rolleyes: This is a big crop from the original file. It was the only bird that was so much larger than the others.

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hark said:
Was out the other day working on BIF and found a bunch of seagulls. Up until @Woodyg3 mentioned differences between gulls, I never realized there was more than one variety.

So can anyone tell me what the big one is on the right? I am assuming it is some type of gull (and I probably shouldn't assume anything). :rolleyes: This is a big crop from the original file. It was the only bird that was so much larger than the others.


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Looking in my Sibley's book, it looks like a 1st winter Ring billed Gull, but I'm not sure. You'll need [MENTION=10762]Kevin H[/MENTION] or @Stoshowicz or someone else to confirm.
 
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hark said:
Was out the other day working on BIF and found a bunch of seagulls. Up until @Woodyg3 mentioned differences between gulls, I never realized there was more than one variety.

So can anyone tell me what the big one is on the right? I am assuming it is some type of gull (and I probably shouldn't assume anything). :rolleyes: This is a big crop from the original file. It was the only bird that was so much larger than the others.

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Because the feathers of the mantle (back) is the same basic light-gray of the ring-bills (and in Penn.) , you can jump right to suspecting its a herring gull , if you look closely you'll see other traits which fall into place supporting that ID. Gulls take three or four years to mature, and alternate between a basic and alternate plumage (and that includes the ring on the bill )- so they're often difficult.
 
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