Do you have a picture of a bird that you can't identify? Maybe the community of #Birds-Club can help! If you need help, please post a picture of the bird (or more if necessary), along with any information you might already have, like its native location, its behavior, the season in which you saw it, etc.

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The count: 29 birds have been ID'd through this journal!

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by =meihua
artist comments: Can anyone tell me if it is a ring-necked dove or a collared dove or a ringneck dove? They all look the same to me

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by *Ombry
artist comments: Seen in Perth, Western Australia in late spring. There was only one of them, foraging with Black-winged Stilts and Red-capped Plovers on estuary intertidal flats. I'd guess it was 20-30cm long. Looks like a Grey-tailed Tattler but not sure about the spots and barred tail. A young or moulting grey-tail maybe? Or a different species altogether?

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by =meihua
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by ~Rajmund67
artist comments: I found it on the very top of Ben Nevis in Scotland. It was hopping here and there, feeding on the leftovers from the tourists - crumbs, pieces of fruit, etc.

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by ~Rajmund67
artist comments: It was accompanied by a number of others, and they were searching through the seaweed covering rocks at low tide at Loch Duich, north-western Scotland.

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Example submission:
by *lightrae
I'm unable to find this rather large, finch-like bird in any of my Birder's reference material.
At first I thought that it was a male in breeding plumage, based primarly on the brillient colour and the time of year. However, subsequent sightings have revealed no seasonal colour change.
Although other foods have been available it's only been observed at these tube-style Thisle (Niger) seed feeders.
Other than it's rather large size and bright colour it exibits Hummingbird-like flight as well as an annoyingly loud, constantly repeating call.

There are anecdotic reports that this, or similar species may exist world-wide. The reports mention multiple colour variations, with olive-drab being one of the most common.

There are also reports of strange interaction with smaller bi-pedal mammals.
IF these reports are to be believed, this bird has the cronic behavior of carrying these mammals between locations for no apparent reason.
It appears that this is not feeding related since the mammals are generally disgorged completely unharmed.
Neither, it seems, is the behavior breeding display since others of the bird's species are rarely present.
My feeling is that it's territorial behavior. Since the mammals usually approach the bird, I think the bird simply wants to get rid of the annoyance and trnsporting elsewhere is the easiest solution.
Any additional information would be most welcome.