First is a red-tailed hawk, next two look like a song sparrow.

tj

Thanks a lot, TJ! The 2nd and 3rd pics are of the same bird and he/she was so inquisitive and pretty I couldn't resist taking multiple pictures.

#4 is a flycatcher, #7 mockingbird. Is 5,6 and 9 the same bird ? #8 is also a song sparrow.

Thanks, Old Forester!

I thought #7 was a catbird given the color (and I could hear a few in the park ). I hadn't see a mockingbird this year in DC till this one.

#5, 6, 9 were all foraging on the ground and there were several of them in mixed flocks with the mourning doves. The beaks of all three and the colors on 5 - I was hoping they were some kind of grosbeaks.

Thanks again!

Yes, it does look like a grosbeak, but not one Im familiar with. On pic 6, that yellow hue is throwing me off. It may be a juvenile cowbird !

Now that you mention it, I wonder if the 5, 6, and 9 are all actually cowbirds. I am still happy to see them given that in this concrete jungle the only birds I see (all the time and in huge numbers) are house sparrows and Eurasian starlings :-(, unless i venture out close to the rivers.

Red-tailed Hawk, Song Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Great Crested Flycatcher, Brown-headed Cowbird, Brown-headed Cowbird, Gray Catbird, Chipping Sparrow, and Brown-headed Cowbird.

Thanks, whwo!

Am happy that I saw a Great Crested Flycatcher and 2 kinds of native sparrows (always have difficulty with this)! The cowbirds are quite beautiful although I have never seen the mottled feathered one before.

Your welcome. The mottled one is a first-year male just starting to molt into his adult plumage.

Thanks again, whwo (& others too) for sharing your knowledge! Folks on this forum always come through and I very much appreciate your generosity!

whwo, on pic #8, curious to know the feature that you see in calling it a chipping sparrow ?

It has the line through the eye with a lighter supercilliary stripe and a is starting to get the brownish crown of a winter adult. This is a HY bird molting into its first fall plumage, hence the streaks still showing on the breast and sides. Also, that narrower pinkish bill is something Song Sparrows do not have.