Lou FCD
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| Quote (Freddie @ Nov. 26 2013,03:37) | | Here's a few I took in October in the mountains around Los Gatos and on the coast at Santa Cruz. Looking for some identification help, especially on the humming bird as I have tried in vain to figure it out ... |
Hey Freddie,
It's 4AM here, and I haven't had coffee yet. Since you were on the left side of the Rockies, my familiarity with those birds is fairly limited.
But off the cuff, pre-coffee at 4AM, with eyes barely open, here are a few thoughts that might put you in the right ballpark, anyway.
The first bird looks an awful lot like an Eastern Towhee, so look at that family for an ID. Might be as simple as "Western Towhee".
The pink bill and the dark eye and head of the second bird put me in the mind of a Dark-eyed Junco, so check its kin.
We only really get Ruby-throated Hummingbirds here (except the rare stray), but it is definitely a Hummingbird. Or at least a bird. Definitely a bird. I think. Hope that helps.
The next guy kinda looks like a White-throated Sparrow, so check its kith and kin.
The pelicans are Brown Pelicans. We only have two species of pelicans in North America, the Brown Pelican and the American White Pelican, so that's pretty straightforward.
Edited by Lou FCD on Nov. 26 2013,04:15
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