Ornithology ID Practice

[Flavorflav]

Yeah, he did. Sorry, I just got confused.

I think it could be the Red-throated juvenile though.

Nope. The bill is too thick, and the red-throat doesn't have the collar around the neck. It's a common loon.

[paleonaps]

I'll give you the answer if you want.

[Flavorflav]

Are you trying to say it is not a common loon in nonbreeding plumage?

[paleonaps]

You got it, Flav. Everyone else has said juvenile.

[Flavorflav]

Oh. I thought you were rejecting the whole ID, not just the "juvenile" part. Does that mean I'm next?



I don't think the image tag is working, so here's the URL: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Ut ... iW-0VIqhSA

[kjhsscioly]

umm, the bird is IDed under the image : Blue gray Gnatcatcher

[amerikestrel]

Yeah... let's link to the actual image next time, not the description page with the answer.

Assuming that's correct, Flavorflav can post a different one because that wasn't quite fair.

[Flavorflav]

Oops. Well, that is embarrassing. I didn't notice.
Unfortunately, I don't know how to link to just the image. When I used the Img tag, it didn't work. To I have to upload to a filesharing site or something, or is there an easier way?

[amerikestrel]

Right click on the image and press "open in new window" or something similar, then use that url. Or you can press "copy image url" and paste it in here.

[Flavorflav]

Alrighty then, try this:


The image seems to work, but apparently Palaeonaps worked intermittently too, so in case it goes dead: http://www.wunderground.com/data/wximag ... od/397.jpg