๐ŸŒŽ Cooper's Hawk, juvenile (Astur cooperii) #NorthAmericanBirds | #CoopersHawk #AsturCooperii | #Hawk #HawkFamily #BirdsOfPrey ๐Ÿ“ท: Photo by Malibuskiboats๐Ÿฆ‰ #MyBirdcards #birdsoftheworld #birds โค๏ธ๐Ÿฆœ
New addition! ๐ŸŒŽ Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) #CentralAmericanBirds #NorthAmericanBirds | #ResplendentQuetzal #PharomachrusMocinno | #Quetzals #TrogonFamily #Trogoniformes ๐Ÿ“ท: Photo by Drosera74๐Ÿฆ‰ #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds โค๏ธ๐Ÿฆœ
๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒŽ Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) #CosmopolitanBirds #EurasianBirds #EuropeanBirds #AsianBirds #AfricanBirds #NorthAmericanBirds #SouthAmericanBirds | #GlossyIbis #PlegadisFalcinellus | #Ibises #IbisFamily #WadingBirds #Waterbirds ๐Ÿ“ท: Photo by BarbeeAnne๐Ÿฆ‰ #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds โค๏ธ๐Ÿฆœ

This time of year, during migration season, one is confronted with a wide variety of small, yellow-olive green-grey passerines. This is a broad but handy guide:

Very chunky: Kinglet
Chunky-ish: Warbler
Not chunky at all: Vireo

Once that is established, good luck with the species ID!

#migration #northamericanbirds

๐ŸŒŽ Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) #NorthAmericanBirds #CentralAmericanBirds | #RoseBreastedGrosbeak #PheucticusLudovicianus | #Grosbeaks #CardinalFamily #Songbirds #PerchingBirds ๐Ÿ“ท: Photo by simardfrancois๐Ÿฆ‰ #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds โค๏ธ๐Ÿฆœ
New addition! ๐ŸŒ Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) #EurasianBirds #PalearcticBirds #NorthAmericanBirds #AfricanBirds | #MeadowPipit #AnthusPratensis | #Pipits #WagtailFamily #PerchingBirds ๐Ÿ“ท: Photo by karsten_madsen๐Ÿฆ‰ #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds โค๏ธ๐Ÿฆœ