Awwwww...surely you are not receiving flack for a mistake! Everybody makes mistakes...even experienced and reliable birders. I bet every single person who chased 'your bird' has made a similar misidentification. It's unfortunate; but shame on anybody who pokes fun at, humiliates or chastises someone for a faux pox. Gee, there are highs and lows with every endeavor; the pendulum must swing both ways. If all we had were successes, would we ever know the real joy that happens when we experience the unusual or rare? I don’t know your experience level…but I do know sometimes people can get too serious and even a bit clicky. You may or may not have seen a Black Phoebe; in my (short) experience, sometimes it is the way someone pronounces a bird to be a particular species is all that makes it so. Bah; nobody always knows for sure who saw what…sometimes even with pictures. As hard as I try otherwise, I am seriously guilty of labeling a bird one I so wanted to see. Having said all that…I also realize e-mail, computer chat and forums are rife with misunderstanding. Without facial or verbal nuance, it is nearly impossible to know for sure if someone is just wading in on a discussion and offering another point of view; playing, teasing or trying to be funny; or even just shooting from the hip and casually offering their two cents worth. I missed your original post and all that followed…except this one. I hope you are simply being polite and harbor no serious guilt or hurt. Have fun, Beverly Jensen La Veta, Huerfano County CO www.RuralChatter.blogspot.com
P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail --- On Sun, 4/19/09, Paula Hansley <[email protected]> wrote: From: Paula Hansley <[email protected]> Subject: [cobirds] Black Phoebe not To: "CObirds" <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, April 19, 2009, 8:52 AM CObirders, To all of you who chased this bird, I apologize if it was a wet bluebird. it was sitting apart from the bluebirds in the field and to the west of me on the fence and even seemed to be sitting up straighter. I must admit that the images on Nick Komar's website look like the bird. The wet bluebirds at that time to me looked different, not so black as this bird, but it may have been an artifact of the lighting. I am sorry for the apparent misidentification. Paula Hansley Louisville --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Join us at the 2009 Convention in Alamosa: http://cfo-link.org/convention/index.php You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.as/group/cobirds?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
