Identify this bird.

I say Gray Jay now but if you want to be certain I recommend 8 shot over long range photo…..

sticker wrote:

Not sure why you attributed the sasquatch quote to me, I did not write it.

I have no idea how that happened. Naturally, Sticker would have had something to do with it.

It will be very interesting to go back up and see if I can get a better look and better pictures. I agree that the flight of the birds I saw yesterday was all gray jay.

Grouse

I am convinced its a green sunfish.

it could be a snook

That could easily be a dozen different bird species.

My guess is a waxwing, but it’s a complete crapshoot with those images.

buckybadger wrote:

That could easily be a dozen different bird species.

My guess is a waxwing, but it’s a complete crapshoot with those images.

The key is the fact that it is larger than a robin. That pretty much narrows it down to one, the Grey Jay/Whiskey Jack/Canadian Jay.

suzuki wrote:

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We’ve had them at our cabin the last couple years. Small raptor. I will think of the name shortly.

Is it a Northern Shrike?

Grouse

Shrike’s have that distinctive black wing and are not as stocky. You have a classic out of focus sasquatch picture.

He is near the Kettle River. Classic Squatchy looking terrain.

Gray Jay.

Pine Grosbeak I would say.
Guessing an adult female. I’ve had flocks of up to 30 at the house since Xmas. Out of over 400 that I’ve seen there has only been 1 that was a red phase adult male. Many of the ones I’ve had in the sunflower feeder outside the window (in a crabapple that they and the grouse have cleaned all berries off of) seem to be a bit bigger than a robin.
Look at the first two pic’s posted by Grouse. The tail has a distinct rounded fork. The whiskey jack doesnt have that, and the color seems off for one.

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Was looking for a good pic from the back of an adult female but you can see the fork on this a bit.

CaptainMusky wrote:

I am convinced its a green sunfish.

mnfishhunt wrote:

it could be a snook

tegg wrote:

He is near the Kettle River. Classic Squatchy looking terrain.

Could you guys focus and serious-up for just a minute, please? It’s NOT a freaking green sunfish, snook, Sasquatch, or a damn hosecat for that matter. May as well get that one in there as a preemptive strike.

I’m getting the sense that some of you think better photographs may be required…

Grouse

Oh calm down early.

And I agree, it’s a snook.

There’s a bird in those pics?

X2 Green Sunfish

Ceder waxwing ?

I’d go with a saugeye. That’s for sure what it is.

Matt Moen wrote:

I’d go with a saugeye. That’s for sure what it is.

In retrospect, I’m surprised that it took this long for someone to suggest that. I mean, I pretty much knew the green sunfish was coming, but..

mxskeeter wrote:

There’s a bird in those pics?

Alright already. I’m starting to get a bit of a complex about this withering criticism of my photography skills. You guys aren’t’ helping my development as an artist, you know.

Grouse

If you would have rotated that photo properly you would have seen that it was a sasquatch.

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Dave maze wrote:

f you would have rotated that photo properly you would have seen that it was a sasquatch.

Yes. Obviously, that was the case.

Grouse

Matt Moen wrote:

I’d go with a saugeye. That’s for sure what it is.

X2

Look up catbird it is gray with brown at base of tail.

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Did you find it on an inside turn?

I didnt want to start a new thread but I saw a significant and infrequent visitor yesterday. Snowy owl on a utility pole next to road in west central Wi. It was cool.

suzuki wrote:

I didnt want to start a new thread but I saw a significant and infrequent visitor yesterday. Snowy owl on a utility pole next to road in west central Wi. It was cool.

Should have pulled up the at the feeder thread or whatever it was.