Oh, hey, speaking of Lark Buntings, Denver Field Ornithologists has just debuted a beautiful new logo featuring original artwork of the bird. Visit www.dfobirds.org to check it out.
Lots of white on Bluff Lake today -- 27 Snowy Egrets and 26 AW Pelicans. Green-tailed Towhee, Empid, three Snipe, and two Rock Wren. Chris Rurik Denver, CO On Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at 9:45:48 AM UTC-6, Dave Leatherman wrote: > > Nice photos, Bill, of a nice bird. Just to make it clear and save the > sterling Denver Audubon Master Birder Class of 2015 going to the trouble of > a mass response, Lark Buntings ARE, indeed, sparrows. At least I think so, > unless the AOU just last night lumped them with Thick-billed Murre. > Colorado is the only state to honor a sparrow with the status of "Official > State Bird". My guess would be this is not because our legislature is > particularly ornithologically enlightened but rather enamored of the > printing cost-savings that might accrue from having a black and white > mascot. > > Dave Leatherman > Fort Collins > > > > ------------------------------ > Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2015 08:56:33 -0600 > Subject: Re: [cobirds] Re: Sparrow ID El Paso county (pictures) > From: [email protected] <javascript:> > To: [email protected] <javascript:> > CC: [email protected] <javascript:> > > This sparrow "look-alike" looks like a Lark Bunting. > The big white wing patch is a strong clue, and the bill is larger than > most other sparrows. > Sibley has a cool list of birds that look like sparrows, > but are not. (page 492 of the first edition). > > I have recently mis-identified 9 of the last 7 bird photos I looked at, so > let's wait > for another opinion. > > Joe Roller, > Denver > > On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 8:02 AM, kickback <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > Thanks to all for the comments explaining that this bird is a female lark > bunting! > > Bill > > On Monday, September 7, 2015 at 11:53:37 PM UTC-6, kickback wrote: > > I think this is a Savannah sparrow but I am not very sure. Seen near > Drennan road by the airport > > http://www.avoapples.com/birds/_MG_7041_cr.jpg > > http://www.avoapples.com/birds/_MG_7053_cr.jpg > > > Please send me your comments. > > Thanks > > Bill > > El Paso county, Colorado Springs > > [email protected] <javascript:> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] <javascript:> > . > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/ac2c50aa-82a1-41cb-aab1-2bd0d14e8424%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/ac2c50aa-82a1-41cb-aab1-2bd0d14e8424%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] <javascript:> > . > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAJpZcUCSQX4PPu_W4nAu8Sv2S95XFXEJ%3DMznV7%3DS3hFPEJgeFQ%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAJpZcUCSQX4PPu_W4nAu8Sv2S95XFXEJ%3DMznV7%3DS3hFPEJgeFQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/7bd95145-ed9e-435c-8867-29d20e0415f7%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
