Yesterday, along the Canon City Riverwalk in Fremont County, Kara Carragher and I saw a wood-pewee that had a mostly all orange lower mandible, that Eastern Wood-Pewees typically have. The bird also was very "vested" like Western Wood-Pewees. Since the bird was vested, and I thought the bird was probably a Western Wood-Pewee with an orange lower mandible. My questions would be, do Eastern Wood-Pewees ever have the "vested" look like Western Wood-Pewees, and do Western Wood-Pewees in the spring time, typically show this much orange on the lower mandible?
Photos of the Interesting Wood-Pewee can be seen at http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandonsbirdphotos/ If you look further down on this page, you can see photos of a typical Eastern Wood-Pewee, with the orange lower mandible and the clear white front. This bird was the bird that Bill Maynard found singing at the Hanson Nature Area last weekend. Thanks for any information on this. Brandon Percival Pueblo West, CO -- 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.
