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birdie #1377:

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Best looks ever at a Palm Warbler!

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20 out of 20 for me.

Being a California birder constantly on the lookout for vagrants definitely helped with this quiz. Only received good photos, and everything was either a familiar species that also occurs in California or was a vagrant I've studied extensively. I want a Black-tailed Gull!!!

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Just a little bit outside of the ABA area, but it's worth noting that there is a Taiga Flycatcher in Baja California Sur right now. Only the third North American record away from far Western Alaska.

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Chased a White-winged Scoter that I needed for the year, and found a bonus Long-tailed Duck! 7 Red-throated Loons and a Common Merganser were nice too. https://ebird.org/checklist/S299213110


What's the status of Red-throated Loon in Tennessee? I know in California they are quite rare away from ...

Looks like a Greater Pewee to me.

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Don't think these are identifiable, but I'm getting Lesser Scaup vibes from most of them.

Pretty sure it's a Herring

Greater Scaup. Look at the rounded head that is peaked in the front, and the size of the nail.

Rough one today

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My most needed photo target is Western Screech-Owl. 43 observations on ebird (plus a ton that I haven't ebirded), and I've never managed more than a glimpse of one flying away. I also don't have any pictures of Least Bittern, which is also pretty bad.

As far as nemesis birds that would be lifers ...

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More than a little shocked right now...

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I almost never photograph Mallards...

Greyhawk wrote: Sat Jan 24, 2026 9:54 am Waved Albatross off Piedras Blancas, CA. Probably the same bird from Bodega Bay last October.

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Photo analysis has shown that this is 100% the same bird as the Bodega Bay bird. It's molting the same secondaries/primaries.

Yep! Pine Warbler

I agree with Common Yellowthroat.

Just saw a Snowy Owl!!!

Both birds are Chipping Sparrows

Common Ringed Plover!!!