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Sorry for not responding sooner. I live in Lakewood, near Denver Colorado and the foothills of the Rockies. There is a bike path around a lake nearby with more bird diversity than I have seen elsewhere. It's great!  Anyway, I notice that Whatbird.com has changed the illustration to show the white cheeks and one other post pointed out that ...

I was swimming in a pond in Savoy Mtn. State Park in western Massachusetts this evening around 6:30, when a bird zoomed in for a water landing.  It was a svelte, black one, with a beak that was medium-length, thin, straight and pointed, and a long, graceful, thin neck that arched as the bird swam.  It swam low and slow, like a boat with ...

We were Gitche Manitou nature reserve ( most northwestern corner of Iowa, or Sioux Falls SD ).  It was at night and we heard it make a ton of noise at the top of a very large tree, and when we pointed our flashlights up we saw a very large bird floating very smoothly over us, very slowly beating it's massive wings ( only the tips of the wings ...

Unknown accipiter --can anyone give clues without a photo?  Its solid medium gray underside and lack of underside barring or streaking has us puzzled. SEEN:  06-12-08  7 p.m. Suburb of North Indianapolis Indiana backyard --standing on the ground with grackles and robins diving and screaming at it.  This area has some ...

Small gnatcatcher size bird.  The bill does not seem right for a gnatcatcher.  Will try to figure out how to upload a pic.  Southern Arizona 4600 feet.  Loose feeding flock.

Hello everyone.  Can anyone identify this bird for me?  This picture was taken this morning (05/30/09) in Santa Cruz, CA.  We found the baby yesterday and, with instruction from local wildlife rescue, made a new ''nest'' as the baby can not fly and we don't know where the original nest is.  Bringing it in at night for ...

In this age of computers, I'm wondering if there is any software that will help me try to match a bird song or call.  What I'm looking for is a CD or on-line site, like the whatbird.com songs & sounds software, that will offer an interactive option of ''sounds like...'' calls. As an example:  I live in east-central Alabama, so we ...

I found this chick outside in my backyard. I live in San Fernando, CA, for reference. Can someone help me identify her breed? That way I can find out what to feed her. Right now she's on what I fed the robins I rescued (they survived really well, but I am afraid to let them into the wild, lest they die) and are currently living with my parakeets. ...

Small bird, size of a wren. Blue (not gray) with brown wings and brown on tail. No white markings. Comes to feed on the ground by itself. Is this a Ind Bunting? Second bird is the size of a brown headed cowbird.  There are two pairs that come but will be gone by June. The bird is mostly white with black spots over body (not necessary on ...

Hi all!  Great site!  I don't have a picture YET but I'm on a mission to find out what kind of hawk this may be.  Everything I have seen points to a Rufous morph of a Broadwing.  BUT this guy is HUGE. From my vantage point at the time I was just above when he flew by. He hangs out in a culvert for a run off creek right out ...