Sunday Photo- What Bird is it?

For Sundays I’ll post a single picture but will not have a caption of what bird is on display. Can you tell me what bird is it?

Tags: birds, nature, photography, photos of birds

38 thoughts on “Sunday Photo- What Bird is it?”

quietsolopursuits on July 13, 2014 at 8:19 am said:

Female red-winged blackbird

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- avian101 on July 13, 2014 at 11:50 am said:
  
  The answer will be posted TOMORROW, thanks you so much for your participation. 🙂
  
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jeaninjackson on July 13, 2014 at 8:21 am said:

It’s a beautiful bird !

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- avian101 on July 13, 2014 at 11:51 am said:
  
  Thank you very much Jeanin! 🙂
  
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susanpoozan on July 13, 2014 at 8:22 am said:

Alas no, but a beautiful picture.

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- avian101 on July 13, 2014 at 11:52 am said:
  
  Thank you Susan! 🙂
  
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Bob Zeller on July 13, 2014 at 8:22 am said:

Female Red-winged Blackbird.

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- avian101 on July 13, 2014 at 11:52 am said:
  
  The answer will be posted TOMORROW, thanks you so much for your participation. 🙂
  
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45DegreesNorth on July 13, 2014 at 8:40 am said:

Is it a female red-winged black bird? You caught it in a beautiful pose, H.J!

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- avian101 on July 13, 2014 at 11:52 am said:
  
  The answer will be posted TOMORROW, thanks you so much for your participation. 🙂
  
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clarepooley33 on July 13, 2014 at 9:25 am said:

I’m afraid I can’t, but it is such a lovely photo.

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- avian101 on July 13, 2014 at 11:53 am said:
  
  Thank you very much Clare! 🙂
  
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Rolling Harbour on July 13, 2014 at 9:50 am said:

RWB (f). OK? RH

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- avian101 on July 13, 2014 at 11:53 am said:
  
  The answer will be posted TOMORROW, thanks you so much for your participation. 🙂
  
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AmyRose on July 13, 2014 at 10:15 am said:

Is that a Sparrow??? Beautiful photo!! Wow! Love, Amy

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- avian101 on July 13, 2014 at 11:54 am said:
  
  Good try AmyRose, no.
  The answer will be posted TOMORROW, thanks you so much for your participation. 🙂
  
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  - AmyRose on July 13, 2014 at 12:01 pm said:
    
    HUH! I am stumped. It really looked like a sparrow. I await to see what the answer is! Love, Amy
JF on July 13, 2014 at 11:34 am said:

I learn about birds from your posts! Asking a question! How could you do it to me?

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- avian101 on July 13, 2014 at 11:56 am said:
  
  Perhaps… do a bit of searching on the Web?
  The answer will be posted TOMORROW, thanks you so much for your participation. 🙂
  
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  - JF on July 13, 2014 at 1:07 pm said:
    
    I did try to search on the web, but without success. 😉
  - avian101 on July 13, 2014 at 1:15 pm said:
    
    But while you were searching you learned about other birds didn’t you? The main objective of this quiz is to promote learning about birds while you search.
    
    The answer will be posted TOMORROW, thanks you so much for your participation. 🙂
  - JF on July 13, 2014 at 1:20 pm said:
    
    My pleasure! 😉
hadorable on July 13, 2014 at 4:45 pm said:

Ohh it’s not easy at all cos’ Im not an expert, may I just name these lovely bird as the way I would love to??? 😉

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- avian101 on July 13, 2014 at 5:06 pm said:
  
  Is Ok if you don’t know what bird it is Ha. Thanks! 🙂
  The answer will be posted TOMORROW, thanks you so much for your participation. 🙂
  
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andromeda65 on July 14, 2014 at 5:11 am said:

Looks kind of similar to the house sparrows that visit my balcony, but looks different in color and size, so, am waiting for tomorrow! But HJ, please check out one of my bird artworks at http://artpourriartwork.wordpress.com/2014/07/02/garden-of-allurement/. The birds in my artwork look like your bird in the picture, but of course, I made the birds in the artwork from visual reference without researching the species! And yeah, one more thing- I think my artwork is symbolic of your backyard!! 🙂

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- avian101 on July 14, 2014 at 9:53 am said:
  
  You do very nice word A.! Thank you for your analogy! 🙂
  
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  - andromeda65 on July 14, 2014 at 12:09 pm said:
    
    Thank you so much HJ! 🙂
M-R on July 14, 2014 at 6:00 am said:

Is it a female house finch, HJ …?

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- avian101 on July 14, 2014 at 9:55 am said:
  
  I’m afraid it’s not! You’ll get the answer Monday. Good try M-R! 🙂
  
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  - M-R on July 14, 2014 at 3:54 pm said:
    
    Bugger.
  - avian101 on July 14, 2014 at 3:58 pm said:
    
    🙂
bkpyett on July 14, 2014 at 7:07 am said:

Such beautiful markings HJ. I have no idea about the name, but it is magnificent!! 🙂

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- avian101 on July 14, 2014 at 9:56 am said:
  
  Thanks Barbara! I appreciate you comment! 🙂
  
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Lori Fontanes on July 14, 2014 at 12:42 pm said:

Is it too late to guess? Without knowing more (size, for example) and where you found it (the South?), I’m going with some sort of pipit or thrush. Can’t be more precise & I may well be wrong! 😉

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- avian101 on July 14, 2014 at 12:51 pm said:
  
  The idea is to ID the bird by locking at the photo, same as any photographer would see it through the lens. If you know the specie you would ID it right away. I will post another photo next Sunday, give it a new try. Thanks for your participation Lori. 🙂
  
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  - Lori Fontanes on July 14, 2014 at 3:06 pm said:
    
    No prob but surely the photographer would know what state he or she was standing in, right? 😉 When I try to identify a bird I use behavior, location, sounds and size as well as field markings (beak shape, eye stripe or not, breast streaks or not) when trying to narrow it down. Oh, and, of course, a good birders guide! 🙂 So, yeah, I’m really intrigued now. Please let us know what we’re admiring here! 😀 PS, nice photo, too!
  - avian101 on July 14, 2014 at 3:23 pm said:
    
    Thank you Lori for your comment and reply, I’ll tell you why, This morning, early I published my “Panoramic View of Birds” post that included the answer to the quiz I posted yesterday.Reading your reply I couldn’t understand why you were asking me about something that had been published already. I checked my blog and voila! I discover that somehow what I published this morning had disappeared!! I apologize for the inconvenience. You saved my butt! 🙂
  - Lori Fontanes on July 15, 2014 at 7:03 am said:
    
    Anytime! 🙂