kirk_gardner's Identifications

I did not see the bird at this time, but a little later I did get a picture of one in the same area in this observation here and it actually made these short sounds when it flew away.

I think this might be two Hairys, I really wish I got a picture to be 100% sure but I couldn't see them as they were very high up pine trees and my 300mm lens can only see so far. These calls seem to be lower pitched and last longer than a Downy, but I'd like to get a second opinion. The merlin app also agreed with them being a Hairy, but I don't know how accurate it can be with these two species of birds.

A juvenile trying to catch thermals with it's flock, since it was so low to the ground I waved at it before taking the picture. I don't think it knew what to make of that when it looked down at me, lol.

It captured a caterpillar, I'm unsure what species this is. But I did see a male Cape May Warbler in the exact same tree earlier in this observation.

I'm terrible when it comes to identifying juvenile hawks at the moment, but I think it's this bird due to there being four feathers at the tips of the wings. Crows helped me pin point where this bird was located.