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Claudia said:Ann, those are great links. I own 3 bird guides, Sibley 's, the Crassly Guide and a small Indian Birds guide. But I still often find it hard to match what I have seen. real photos are much better so by looking on the second site I was able to confirm that I recently saw a Yellow billed cuckoo! I knew it was a cuckoo but not sure which one.

I'm glad it helped Claudia!

And I agree with what both you & Cat said after that. Even juvies look different & can be hard to ID. We get a lot of birds passing through in spring & fall migration plus we get our winter residents. I also refer to the All About Birds website that Cornell University has. That's cool b/c they have numerous photos of both sexes & different times of year plus juvies AND they give you a section to the side with photos of birds that LOOK like the ones you're researching so you can make comparisons.
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/P...