Question 7
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possible birds
What type of environment was the bird seen in?
Choose the answer that comes closest to what you observed.
Urban or residential area or at a feeder
Open area: field, prairie, meadow, farmland, tundra
Desert, arid grassland, shrubs, cactus, mesquite
Thickets or shrubs
Deciduous forest
Coniferous forest
Mixed forest
Mountainous Terrain
Wooded freshwater habitat
Freshwater marsh or wetland
Freshwater shoreline
Open body of freshwater
Saltwater marsh or wetland
Flat saltwater shore; beach
Rocky saltwater shore; cliff
Open ocean; beyond sight of land
Only or mostly in flight over freshwater
Only or mostly in flight over land
Only or mostly in flight over saltwater
Not completely sure? Choose Unknown when it is available—a careful “I don’t know” is more useful than a guess.
Your observation 6 answers recorded · open to review or change
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What TYPE of bird was seen ? Songbird (ground or perching bird)Change
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What colour was the BREAST ? UnknownChange
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What colour was the BELLY ? YellowChange
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What FACIAL or HEAD features were noted if any ? Light area between the bill and the eyeChange
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How BIG was the bird ? Sparrow-sizedChange
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What colour was the THROAT ? White, or pale (grayish-white)Change
Leading possibilities
9 possibilities remain
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View profileVermilion Flycatcher
Why this matches 5 supporting observations
- What TYPE of bird was seen ? Songbird (ground or perching bird)
- What colour was the BELLY ? Yellow
- What FACIAL or HEAD features were noted if any ? Light area between the bill and the eye
- How BIG was the bird ? Sparrow-sized
- What colour was the THROAT ? White, or pale (grayish-white)
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View profileNorthern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Why this matches 5 supporting observations
- What TYPE of bird was seen ? Songbird (ground or perching bird)
- What colour was the BELLY ? Yellow
- What FACIAL or HEAD features were noted if any ? Light area between the bill and the eye
- How BIG was the bird ? Sparrow-sized
- What colour was the THROAT ? White, or pale (grayish-white)
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View profileSmith's Longspur
Why this matches 4 supporting observations
- What TYPE of bird was seen ? Songbird (ground or perching bird)
- What colour was the BELLY ? Yellow
- How BIG was the bird ? Sparrow-sized
- What colour was the THROAT ? White, or pale (grayish-white)
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View profileChestnut-collared Longspur
Why this matches 3 supporting observations
- What TYPE of bird was seen ? Songbird (ground or perching bird)
- How BIG was the bird ? Sparrow-sized
- What colour was the THROAT ? White, or pale (grayish-white)
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View profileDickcissel
Matching variants: Female, Male
Why this matches 3 supporting observations
- What TYPE of bird was seen ? Songbird (ground or perching bird)
- How BIG was the bird ? Sparrow-sized
- What colour was the THROAT ? White, or pale (grayish-white)
Showing the strongest matches so far. Keep answering—the order may change.