Re: Ornithology ID Practice
Posted: March 9th, 2011, 1:43 pm
female yellow-headed blackbird? least concern???
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Re: Ornithology ID Practice
Posted: March 9th, 2011, 4:15 pm
Yep!
Re: Ornithology ID Practice
Posted: March 10th, 2011, 1:12 pm
is this social bird? do the females help each other raise chicks? if soo, then what is this term called?
Re: Ornithology ID Practice
Posted: March 10th, 2011, 2:38 pm
Common Eider, yep they're social, the term is "cooperative breeding."
Re: Ornithology ID Practice
Posted: March 10th, 2011, 6:09 pm
yep! your turn!!
Re: Ornithology ID Practice
Posted: March 11th, 2011, 7:43 pm
Semi-evil.
Re: Ornithology ID Practice
Posted: March 11th, 2011, 7:59 pm
Black backed gull in its first winter?
Re: Ornithology ID Practice
Posted: March 12th, 2011, 11:43 am
Yep.
Re: Ornithology ID Practice
Posted: March 12th, 2011, 2:05 pm
how can you tell the year??
Re: Ornithology ID Practice
Posted: March 16th, 2011, 4:26 pm
The plumage is indicative of a juvenile, and their plumage is described by summer or winter, so a juvenile with full feathering would be a first winter bird. Any younger and they would have down left.