🌎 Cooper's Hawk, juvenile (Astur cooperii) #NorthAmericanBirds | #CoopersHawk #AsturCooperii | #Hawk #HawkFamily #BirdsOfPrey πŸ“·: Photo by MalibuskiboatsπŸ¦‰ #MyBirdcards #birdsoftheworld #birds ❀️🦜
New addition! 🌎 Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) #CentralAmericanBirds #NorthAmericanBirds | #ResplendentQuetzal #PharomachrusMocinno | #Quetzals #TrogonFamily #Trogoniformes πŸ“·: Photo by Drosera74πŸ¦‰ #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❀️🦜

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

🌎 Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) #NorthAmericanBirds #CentralAmericanBirds | #RoseBreastedGrosbeak #PheucticusLudovicianus | #Grosbeaks #CardinalFamily #Songbirds #PerchingBirds πŸ“·: Photo by simardfrancoisπŸ¦‰ #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❀️🦜
New addition! 🌍 Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) #EurasianBirds #PalearcticBirds #NorthAmericanBirds #AfricanBirds | #MeadowPipit #AnthusPratensis | #Pipits #WagtailFamily #PerchingBirds πŸ“·: Photo by karsten_madsenπŸ¦‰ #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❀️🦜
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