Thanks to Dave for this edifying quiz, and congrats to Ira for the correct answer.
Last year, Peter Pyle had an article in *Birding* with photos of Ovenbirds in this plumage. Also lots of other warblers in their tricky, briefly held, juvenile (not juvenal) plumages. Here is the full PDF of the article: http://www.birdpop.org/docs/pubs/Pyle_et_al_2015_Identifying_Juvenile_Warblers.pdf ABA members also have access to this article in flipbook format: http://birdingmagazine.aba.org/i/621216-dec-2015/64 Ted Floyd Lafayette, Boulder County On Monday, July 11, 2016 at 6:43:17 PM UTC-6, Dave Leatherman wrote: > > > *Prior to the first correct answer were the following incorrect > guesses:*Townsend's > Solitaire > Hermit Thrush > Blue Jay > American Robin > Veery or Swainson's Thrush > Brown-headed Cowbird > Eastern Bluebird > Dark-eyed Junco > > Here is a picture of the adult, an *OVENBIRD,* delivering food to the > mystery fledgling. First correct answer was received > from....................... Ira Sanders. Congratulations. > > Would be neat to have a "field guide to juvenile songbirds" or maybe a > photo section on the CFO website that features good photos of fledglings. > > > > > Thanks for playing our game. > > Dave Leatherman > Fort Collins > > -- 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/5de60d2e-2181-4310-adda-c2eb490d5179%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
