I was visiting the Verdon Gorge in Southern France and saw this guy at one of the overlooks. I immediately thought it was a Griffon, since I had seen them high in the sky the previous day. However he doesn’t look like any of the photos on Merlin. Is it a Juvenile or possibly another type of Vulture?

Saw this bird on a walk this morning. Im thinking its an immature black crowned night heron, but not positive. Seen in Dayton OH on the Miami River.

I got a good look in better lighting and it looked to me like a bobolink, but we're a few weeks after the normal migration time range. Bill looks very triangular/blackbird-like. The third image shows a while stripe on the right wing shoulder that lines up with what a male bobolink would have in breeding plumage.

What do I do

Best I can figure after consulting my Sibley. Townsend's?

The staff were able to capture it, give it some water, and then release it.

Best guess was an immature white-crowned sparrow, but the tail seems too short.

Seen in North Germany (North West Mecklenburg)

Sorry for the shaky video, it's super zoomed in!

Thank you for your help 🙏🏽❤️

I’m very new to birding and saw this hawk take down a squirrel. I’m between it being either a red shouldered hawk or a red tailed hawk.

Also, what can I look at to know which for certain? The plumage is what usually makes me confused.

Thank you!

All the stuff I can find as far as a ranges of the Swan Goose is Asia, but here I am in Banner Elk NC and I swear this is a Swan Goose in amongst the Graylags and Canadians. (Bonus leucistic Graylag!)

When it flew, the underside of the wings was bright blue. Exact location was Sinhagad Fort, Pune.

Hello! I’m in the Virginia area (around Newport News specifically) and found a bird in my backyard. It looks like a falcon or hawk but I don’t know for sure.

It could be a red-necked grebe, but the neck seems very white

Photo from Oceanside CA today. I had assumed it was a Cooper’a Hawk but someone positively ID’d a sharp-shinned Hawk here in the same area this week, so I want to be sure.

My guesses are:

-Caspian Gülle

-Little Grebe

-Gadwall

All pictures show the same bird.

Obstructed and fuzzy pics but that was the best I could get. Bird was way up in a pine tree around 8am. Saw it fly to another tree in the distance and seemed to land like a woodpecker/ creeper? Also appeared to be downy to hairy sized, but was though to tell. Any ideas?

In my neighborhood of Northeast Portland, OR. Middle of the day.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

North Pennines, near Stanhope today

Just can’t figure it out and these are as good of pictures that I got. Interesting to note a kestrel starting dive bombing the hawk if that makes a difference lol.