rmyoshihara's Identifications
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Myrtle × Audubon's Warbler (Setophaga coronata coronata × auduboni)Observer
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Most like a Myrtle, but note the yellow on the throat (2nd photo) and the presence of an anomalous thick short white brow instead of a linear white eye line. Sacramento Bar.
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Hammond's Flycatcher (Empidonax hammondii)Observer
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Silhouetted, yet photo well shows the big, blocky head, tiny bill, and long primary projection needed to clinch the ID for this Empidonax flycatcher.
Snipes-Pershing Ravine.
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Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)Observer
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Snipes-Pershing Ravine.
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Band-tailed Pigeon (Patagioenas fasciata)Observer
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Photos show 10 individuals in one flock.
Sacramento Bar.
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Yellow-shafted × Red-shafted Flicker (Colaptes auratus luteus × cafer)Observer
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Short-billed Gull (Larus brachyrhynchus)Observer
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Lake Natoma.
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California Gull (Larus californicus)Observer
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Blodgett Reservoir.
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Tricolored Blackbird (Agelaius tricolor)Observer
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~80% of the individuals in tis flock were Tricolored Blackbirds and most of the rest were Eurasian Starlings. One Red-winged Blackbird shows at the lower left corner.
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Valley Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa sonorina)Observer
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The yellow on the black back is pollen.
Fair Oaks Park.
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Alberta Slate-colored Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca ssp. altivagans)Observer
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Third photo was totally backlit, so maximally lightened in order to demonstrate some features.
American River Parkway.
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