Tag: birds
Canada Goose
Turtle Doves and Collared Doves
Grey Goose
A Black Phoebe, spotted on a break from work this afternoon.
Literally confusing hawks and doves.
Usually #iNaturalist’s AI is pretty good at narrowing down to a genus, but sometimes it can get confused. Like this #pigeon sitting on a silk floss tree branch. It was “pretty sure” it was a *hawk*.
Um, nope!
I can sort of see that with the first image, but the second one makes it blindingly obvious!
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/30408488
@KelsonV I just realized it’s literally confusing hawks and doves.
Heermann’s Gull
Western Gull
Western Gull (Ventura Pier)
Western Gull (at Pismo Beach)
Ooo-ooo! Ooo-ooo! Ooo-ooo! Ooo-Ooo! And also: Ooo-ooo!
European Starling (Spectrum)
Just the regular pigeons. Regularly-spaced, that is.
Brown Pelican (duo)
Brown Pelican
As far as I can tell from the pictures, this is the only one that had a band around its leg.
Western Gull (diving toward ocean)
Western Gull (in flight at Redondo Pier)
Brown Pelican
Pin-Tailed Whydahs
I spotted the bird with the long tail flying around and thought at first that it was carrying something. Eventually it settled on this cable and I saw the other one which was clearly the same species, despite the shorter tail. Male/female pair? Older male/younger male?
They appear to be pin-tailed wydahs, which have been introduced to southern California. There’s a cluster of observations on iNaturalist in the LA area.
On PixelFed.Social
Female on iNaturalist
Male on iNaturalist
