Folks: Both adult and immy coops (especially males) may have a hint of a "pale eyebrow," but sharpies have an honest-to-goodness stripe that runs towards the back of the head, which this bird lacks. As Tony mentioned, by themselves the shape of the head and tail are dead giveaways. Also, with wear and tear, at this time of the year a sharpie would show only a thin white tail band, not the broad one we see on this bird (by the time of their next molt, many sharpies will have lost all traces of white on their tails). Initially, I too thought this bird seemed small, but a careful comparison of the bird to the streetlight reveals that it's at least as big as a male coops.
Olin Allen On the High Plains in Laporte (Larimer Co) On Jan 3, 8:05 pm, Nicolle Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > The lack of consensus could probably be cleared up if we had some facts > about the bird's behavior, as Coopers behave vastly different than > Sharpies. I concede that the tail on this bird appears more rounded, > consistent w/ a Cooper's & the white band on the tail appears slightly > thicker than a Sharpie. However, I do note this bird has the pale eyebrow, > which Coopers lack (at least adult Coopers). Honestly, though, the overall > size of this bird just seems too small to be a Coopers. > > Nicolle Martin > Littleton, COOn Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 3:23 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: -- 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.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
