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Comments (11)Good Morning everyone. I placed a call to the rescue center this morning and left a msg...waiting for a reply I checked out the pic of the bobwhite and it doesn`t match but the pic of the nothern rough-tailed swallow is very close. The differences are that it does not have the black band across the eyes and it doesn`t have the needle like ending to the tail feathers but the overall shape, size and color are very close. My initial thought when I say the bird was that it was a swallow because of the wings. I looked this bird up on google and it is on the rare bird site. We sit at night and watch these little guys dance throught the sky in groups. This year is the first year that I have seen these so they must be new to our area or the population is growing. I live in the heart of a large city across the river from Detroit MI. I will keep looking on google and will post if/when I get an answer from the rescue center. Well I just got a call from the rescue center and the little guy did not make it.....:( She said that he may have been bleeding interally...all we saw was the bleeding from his foot....may have been attacked by a cat??? She did ID him for me and he was a Chimney Swift. I google this and the pic is exactly what he looked like. Thank you everyone for helping. Louise...See MorePlease help ID this bird
Comments (3)Yes this is a Long Tailed Duck. They are fairly common off the coast of Southern New Jersey at this time of year. See the link below. Here is a link that might be useful: Long Tailed Duck...See MoreBirds in Newfoundland, Canada
Comments (6)This one is tougher. The presence of the bright eye ring allows one to rule out Veery and Gray-cheeked Thrush. That leaves Swainson's Thrush and Hermit Thrush. I don't see a lot of rufous in the tail of this bird but it is sort of obscured. The uniform coloring on the back, the lack of buff-brown flanks and the presence of what appears to be a dark moustachial stripe extending back from base of the bill leads me to think this is a Swainson's Thrush. That is my best guess based on the photo. BN...See MoreHelp me ID this bird
Comments (8)There have been Fork-tailed flycatchers reported in Connecticut : http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OYjskRx08bY/TPafzWpmfCI/AAAAAAAAGRY/TgmyAzRgqEE/s1600/Fork-tailedFlycatcher%25C2%25A9LillianStokes.jpg Perhaps a Black-throated gray warbler : http://www.lilibirds.com/gallery2/d/1627-3/black-throated_gray_warbler+6a.jpg Maybe even an Eastern kingbird : http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/PHOTO/LARGE/eastern_kingbird_kirchmeier.jpg...See More- 6 years ago
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