Birds, birds, birds

[Guyzerr]

Our Eurasian Coots are really noisy, bit like a clicking sound

It's probably the same bird. One of the two of you changed it's name to suit your location.

 

[Tuffdisc]

I have id the #3 and #4, the legs are a good give away, they are not the lesser yellowlegs, but greater yellowlegs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Yellowlegs

 

[Tuffdisc]

It's probably the same bird. One of the two of you changed it's name to suit your location.

The top of the head are slightly different from the American cousins :thumbup

 

[freakofnature]

I think pics # 3 + 4 are Solitary Sandpipers but I'm not 100 % sure. Sandpipers can be very difficult to id because so many species have numerous similarities.

I have id the #3 and #4, the legs are a good give away, they are not the lesser yellowlegs, but greater yellowlegs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Yellowlegs

Yeah, I was waffling back and forth between a Solitary or Greater Yellowlegs. They all look so similar. :surrender

 

[freakofnature]

#1 and #2 look like some kind of Gulls or maybe a native tern

I used to be pretty good with birds and I can say with absolute certainty that it's not a gull.

Possibly it is a Tern, but a juvenile one

:nod: That's what I was thinking. I'll have to find out what kind of terns are common around here. I got dive bombed a few times so there were probably young ones around.

 

[BAGGEDR32]

great job on these pictures.

 

[freakofnature]

btw Zirc I like the in-flight shots. You done purdy good.

This is the site I start at when I want to to ID birds. It can take some time but it's worth it.

http://identify.whatbird.com/mwg/_/0/attrs.aspx


Locate the American Coot and listen to it's sound.

Thanks for the website! Based on info from there I'm thinking that the first two pics are of a juvenile black tern.

 

[RedRyder]

Great pictures, Zirc!

 

[Tuffdisc]

So no reps for the ID zirc???

 

[Zatanna]

Those are lovely photos! :thumbup