A thought on that which I think bears mentioning... Having been there as David took the excellent photos aforementioned, I must add this comment. He showed us some of his shots as we compared them to Sibley's, and I asked if he was 'pushing' his exposures, as I thought they looked paler than the bird I'd just spent a while looking at. He had, as it happens, pushed to almost a full stop, to account for the dim grey skies we were under. Which certainly adds clarity to the shots, but perhaps belies the true hue of the bird. Deb and I both thought the pics on flickr looked a good shade paler than the dark wren we all saw.
We think it's a Western. Dave Cameron & Deb Palenik Denver / Lakewood On Dec 1, 7:34 pm, David Waltman <[email protected]> wrote: > I have had several comments regarding my Winter Wren photos taken today in > Boulder. All believe it is an eastern Winter Wren. One person said it doesn't > look like the same wren that they saw at the same location a couple of days > ago. Walter Szeliga noted the differences from the 10 November western Winter > Wren at Gregory Canyon. There was also a comment that maybe this is an > eastern Winter Wren that has learned a western's song. Perhaps the most > salient eastern Winter Wren feature is the pale throat. Also note the > extensive white spotting above that is more typical of eastern. > Thanks for all the comments, > David Waltman > Boulder -- Colorado Field Ornithologists: http://www.cfo-link.org/ Colorado County Birding: http://www.coloradocountybirding.com/ 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
