Three pictures are below. Can you identify all six birds? The first was taken in Ringwood State Park in northern New Jersey, the second from my window , and the last in Forest Park at the waterhole. As usual, the winner, who is the first to properly name all six birds in the comments, gets nothing. Nothing, that is, but the accolades and respect of all who read 10,000 Birds.
Picture the first.
Picture the second.
Picture the third.
Good luck and happy guessing!
Corey is a New Yorker who lived most of his life in upstate New York but has lived in Queens since 2008. He's only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasn't working as a union representative or spending time with his family. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy and Desmond Shearwater. His bird photographs have appeared on the Today Show, in Birding, Living Bird Magazine, Bird Watcher's Digest, and many other fine publications. He is also the author of the American Birding Association Field Guide to the Birds of New York.
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, House Sparrow, American Redstart, Veery, and Gray-cheeked Thrush? Can’t find the sixth, but I’m guessing Wood Thrush in the 2nd pic.
~Nick
I’m agreeing with Nick.
1 – Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2 – (Left to right) American Redstart, Wood Thrush, House Sparrow
3 – (Left to right) Gray-cheeked/Bicknell’s Thrush, Veery
This is just an aside that’s always bugged me – if you cannot report a Bicknell’s thrush away from breeding grounds without extensive documentation (and even then may not be believed), then why can we count Gray-cheeked? This is, of course, for those areas where both are possible during migration.
I only have a couple differences from the above guesses.
Pic1 – BG Gnatcatcher
Pic2 – Am Redstart, Brown Thrasher, House Sparrow
Pic3 – Swainson’s Thrush (just to be contrary) and Veery
Once again all the correct birds have been named but no one has put them together properly…
I change Wood Thrush to Brown Thrasher, but stand by Gray-cheeked Thrush. 🙂
Pic 1: BG Gnatcatcher
Pic 2: Am Redstart, Woodthrush, House Sparrow
Pic 3: Veery, Swainson’s Thrush
Well, Jochen wins (after everyone else did the heavy lifting)…but I think if Nick had put forth a bit of effort he could have claimed the prize. 🙂
Hey! At least I didn’t embarrass myself… I looked at the pics fast, wrote BG Gnatcatcher, House Sparrow, and Veery, and almost hit submit… then realized there were six birds to find.
All in good fun Nick…
Always 🙂
hmm..
1: bg gnatcatcher
2: am redstart, {–}, house sparrow
3: swainsons thrush
maybe..