Heermann's Gulls in Washington.

Red-winged Blackbirds

Short-billed Dowitcher

Difficulty of identifying birds in the tropics for travellers like me.

This friendly bird has been my favorite for many years. They have no fear. They will patiently wait while you fill the feeder and with patience they will eat from your hand. I am working on getting a photo

Sometimes it is tough to see more than a silhouette of a bird you are trying to identify. When you are looking into a bright sky, the light is often coming from the same direction as you are looking making

Band-tailed pigeon Beginning birders can become discouraged that they cannot identify a lot of the birds that they see, and can expend lots of time trying to identify distant or poorly seen birds. Beginners