Varia The rare, unusual, or aberrant. Generally birds that can be difficult to identify or create identification pitfalls. If you have any comments on any of the birds or issues featured in this section, please send me an email to:     james@keenbirding.com 'black-and-white' storm-petrels off Massachusetts, August 19th, 2007. probable Bulweria petrel, Southern California, September 5th, 2007. Updated October 31st, 2007.  Mysterious dark petrel in the Santa Barbara Channel showing characteristics of the genus bulweria. *Added* - An excellent page of Bulwer's Petrel video grabs from Dan Zetterström. Common Black Hawk, Southern California, September 14th, 2007. Common Goldeneye, female with a yellow bill (left), Western Massachusetts, January 29th, 2007. Barrow's Goldeneye, female (right), Western Massachusetts, December 11th, 2006. Images of West African dark morph egrets, 'Western' Western Reef Herons or 'Southern Little Egrets', The Gambia, November 2006. An interesting loon from Monterey,CA, digiscoped by birders from Vermont on April 29th, 2006. Compare with these images of Arctic Loon by Eyal Vanunu and Rony Livne from Israel, January 2005. The Whately Sandpipers - Controversial White-rumped Sandpipers in Western Massachusetts.The identification laid to rest. January 9th, 2006. Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis, possible 'Western' type female in Amherst, Massachusetts. Seen again on January 1st - 6th, with more new images presented on January 9th. Compare with these excellent images of Oregon Juncos from Steve Mlodinow in Washington State. >> Hoary (Arctic) and Common Redpolls. Images from a major influx of both species to Keene, NH in December, 2003. Buff-bellied Pipits Anthus rubescens, a selection of images of both American (left) and Asian (right) forms. Unidentified Sterna at rest with other terns.  Photographed in San Diego, CA in mid-September 2005. The finders are still puzzled by it. Click on either link below to view more images.  Uid Sterna  in flight Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca, Krif Road fields, Keene, NH. May 26th, 2004. An unusual variant with bright orange legs. Home >>