Re: [cayugabirds-l] Oddly colored red-winged blackbird

2021-04-23 Thread Donna Lee Scott
Maybe it has some leucistic genes expressing themselves, along with being a young male. Donna Scott Lansing Sent from my iPhone On Apr 23, 2021, at 7:52 AM, Liz Brown mailto:e...@cornell.edu>> wrote: No, it's definitely a red-winged blackbird. My best guess is that it's a juvenile male

Re: [cayugabirds-l] large dark bird

2021-04-23 Thread Dave Nutter
What would help is to know the location & date to determine a basic list of what birds likely are in that area at that season. Further information about habitat could also narrow down the likely species. Then it would really help to get a copy of that video in front of another experienced

Re: [cayugabirds-l] large dark bird

2021-04-23 Thread Sandra J. Kisner
I hope to see her tonight, and will pass on the request. She is quite sure the smaller birds are crows, however, as she sees them regularly. At least I'll get better information as to date/time/location. Sandra From:

[cayugabirds-l] YR Warbler

2021-04-23 Thread Donna Lee Scott
FOY Yellow-rumped Warbler 698 Lansing Station Rd. ! Donna Scott Lansing Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

Re: [cayugabirds-l] YR Warbler

2021-04-23 Thread bob mcguire
They’re back! I just had my first-for-the-year Yellow-rumped Warbler at Salt Point, plus a Palm and several kinglets. Bob McGuire > On Apr 23, 2021, at 12:13 PM, Donna Lee Scott wrote: > > FOY Yellow-rumped Warbler 698 Lansing Station Rd. ! > > Donna Scott > Lansing > Sent from my iPhone >

Re: [cayugabirds-l] large dark bird

2021-04-23 Thread Dave Nutter
Hi all, Sandra’s friend sent me the video clip from an evening this week in Newfield. The view is very distant, so I studied through a magnifying glass (binoculars turned backwards), but it’s good enough that I easily agree with the ID that the few “small” birds, some of whom flew a bit, are

[cayugabirds-l] Pine warbler

2021-04-23 Thread Laura Stenzler
A singing pine warbler along the recway between Game Farm Rd and Judd Falls Rd, south side of the path, in pines just past the 0.25 mile marker from Game Farm Rd. Laura Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Oddly colored red-winged blackbird

2021-04-23 Thread Jill Holtzman Leichter
Orchard oriole? Jill Leichter Get Outlook for iOS From: bounce-125569724-87248...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of sarah fern Sent: Friday, April 23, 2021 6:39:34 AM To: Liz Brown Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Oddly

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Oddly colored red-winged blackbird

2021-04-23 Thread Liz Brown
No, it's definitely a red-winged blackbird. My best guess is that it's a juvenile male transitioning into adult plumage, but the clear division between the black and the streaky salmon is odd, and the noticeably white tail. From: Jill Holtzman Leichter Sent:

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Oddly colored red-winged blackbird

2021-04-23 Thread sarah fern
This looks to me like the bird has some Oriole genes. Same family. Sarah Fern On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 6:32 PM Liz Brown wrote: > I had an oddly colored red-winged blackbird at my feeder today. Head, > breast, and back black like an adult male. Red and yellow epaulets. BUT - > the black breast