Many juncos moving through Teller County today; slate-colored, Oregon, pink-sided, gray-headed. And several singing.
But one caught my eye - a small slate-colored with broad white wing bars on primary and secondary coverts. Bird is smallish - like other slate-coloreds there; definitely smaller than gray-headed and pink-sided - white-winged should be noticeably larger. Lacking contrasting lores that aikenii (white-winged) would have; and throat is not paler as you would expect in aikenii. Didn't get a good read on amount of white in tail feathers. Overall, the bird was darker (slate-colored) that you would expect for white-winged; but I don't think the photos capture the true tone correctly and show it a bit lighter than it looked with naked eyes and binos. Got fair enough pics through the dirty window with sun on it. http://www.sendpix.com/albums/11032116/16411000000000754107cec347bed66d00c67 0cb7366/ Certainly welcome any comments if others feel that this might be an aikenii. Jeff J Jones ( <mailto:jjo...@jonestc.com> jjo...@jonestc.com) Teller County - 8500' - Montane Woodlands -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
