Very cool! It is cool hearing about birds from different countries because I’ve never even heard of those species.
Same for me. Just the other day I found out about the existence of this bird : The Himalayan monal. Just google it and tell me what you think. It is (in my opinion) a cool bird.
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Wow very cool bird. I’ve never heard of that kind of pheasant. Lol. Make sense since I’m in the United States. Thanks for sharing!
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@austin_ajit. Do you use Discord?
Oh, I love the Himalayan Monal! Such a colorful bird. The females are really pretty too. Peacocks aren’t the only shiny colorful gamebird, I feel like the others deserve just as much appreciation for their beautiful plumage. and rich patterns.
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I also love ducks. I spend a lot of my free time researched them!
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I use eBird and iNat together. If I need help with ID, I post on iNat. I have a few contacts who let me tag them anytime I need help with audio or visual ID.
I see others on here say eBird helps them with ID. I read somewhere on eBird that they don’t help with ID. They helped me once, but they have let other mistakes go. I found these errors via my contacts on iNat.
I use Cornell Lab’s various sites for ID and info. I find eBird and iNat especially helpful in finding my old bird photos and videos for YouTube projects. Both are set up with search/Explore by species and date, which is so helpful. So yes, I use eBird. Here is my ebird profile: Sarah Bowman - eBird.
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I live in South Texas and some kinds of birds are just now arriving here. It has been a warm fall and winter and is just now getting cold, so I think the migration is late.
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Awesome! I am so glad you found my thread! Feel free to tag me if you ever need help IDing things. My user name is @thebirdersway.
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They don’t hide very well, do they?
In just a couple years the observation numbers here in Southern Ontario have ballooned. I even spotted one a couple weeks ago in a tree waiting out a cold rain along the lake in our little tiny neighborhood park.
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Great picture 
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Thanks. I will do that. Matter of fact, I took a picture of a bird today that at first I though was an Orange-crowned Warbler, but upon inspection of the photo,I noticed it had a gray head. So, I used google to identify it (am very new to iNaturalist and still not sure how to use the app). Google brought up a result from iNaturalist saying it was an Eastern Orange-crowned Warbler. I have never heard of this. Is this different that a Orange-crowned Warbler, or are they the same thing?
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I looked it up on Cornell Lab’s All About Birds, my go-to for bird ID. Cornell Lab is a university department that studies birds scientifically so I trust their word. Also, a lot of bird organizations use Cornell’s resources such as eBird, which tells me they are on top of bird research and a trusted authority.
They do not list an Eastern Orange-crowned Warbler separately from Orange-crowned Warbler. However, they mention several subspecies and regional differences.
These busy birds forage low in shrubs, and are one of the few warblers that’s more common in the West than the East. Orange-crowned Warbler Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Birds in the West are brighter than birds in the East, but the undertail coverts are always yellow. Orange-crowned Warbler Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Further down on the same page is a section about Regional Differences that lists the different regions or areas where this bird lives and what they are called. I don’t see “Eastern Orange-crowned Warbler” but I have noticed that iNat something uses different names for some birds than Cornell does. I don’t know what to make of that. However, to answer your question, I believe from this that it is a variation of the same bird, a subspecies.
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@srbowm @TheJungleExplorer The ssp. Eastern Orange-crowned Warbler is synonymous with the ssp. Gray-headed Orange-crowned Warbler on eBird.
If ever in doubt on either platform, just enter it as species-level: Orange-crowned.
In the East, though, the Gray-headed and Celata ssp. are pretty much the only ssp. that you’ll ever see…
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Looks fine for the Gray-headed ssp. I’m not experienced when it comes to this species/ssp. in the Western part of its range, but your photo does not align with the only other regular ssp. in your area - Celata ssp.
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Looks like we could reach 1’000 comments by January 1st. keep up the good work y’all. I appreciate you all for supporting my thread.
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I ran into my old arch-nemesis today, the brown creeper. Those creepers were creeping around the bird feeder again. They’re up to something alright. It’s probably a plot to overthrow us and raid the bird seed bucket.
In all seriousness, they’re really cute little birds.
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I’ve personally never seen a Brown Creeper at a feeder before, but I’ve read that they visit on rare occasions!
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I can’t remember ever seeing them up here before this winter. They don’t eat directly out of the feeder. They usually just eat off the ground… or at least they want me to think that they’re eating.
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