Yellow-legged Baird's Sandpiper

If these were muddy legs, they could sure mask the ID sometimes.

Rails and Soras

Hi All,

Every once in a while the birds cooperate for photos, and today was one of those days.  I took almost 500 pics of only 6 species and 95% were only of some Virginia Rails and immature Soras.  So as long as they were posing, I kept the shudder going.  Any suggestions as to which I should enter for Zia’s monthly photo contest?  

That bird box looks a little small for these two.....

Pied-billed Grebe

Two immature Sora's

A Sora and a Va Rail in the same field of view.

Virginia Rail

Mom Rail feeding junior

A juvie Va Rail.   Looks like one of the muppets......

Mom catches a tasty morsel for junior

He sure knows how to eat!

Just watch me junior, and soon you will be doing it all on your own.

An immature Sora

An immature Sora

I don't think those scales will digest very well.......

Bar-tailed Godwit 5/6/17 Sandpiper Village

Laughing Gull 4/13/17 Newport, Or

Certainly not the same quality to match Owen's photos, but these were the best I could get with my set up.

You can certainly tell he has a red bill!

I did not know you could see "through" the nostrils" of gulls.......

Baskett Slough Bobcat

Here are a few shots of a Bobcat at BSNWR this afternoon : 4/5/17

Glaucous Gull or not

Hybrid Sapsucker???

I saw this bird today in Monmouth.  It appears to me to be a Hybrid Red-naped X Red-breasted Sapsucker.  I'd like to be talked out of it as I am doing a big year and hoping someone will prove it to be a young Red-naped who does not quite have his adult hood as yet.