Apologies! I forgot to include my name and location. Marie Hoerner Aurora, CO
On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 9:50 PM, Marie Hoerner <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > This evening after work, I headed to Parker Regional Park to check out a > couple of eBird posts on a Baird's Sandpiper. Although the photos aren't > great, the best couple I got are attached and are enough for documentation. > > While there, I also what, by my best guess, was a Northern x Mexican > Mallard hybrid. I would love people's thoughts on whether that seems right. > > I was leaving because the combination of an overcast sky with the late > time made for really poor lighting when I saw a meadowlark that struck me > as a little unusual, so I took a closer look and the best photos I could > get. I am reasonably confident that this is an Eastern Meadowlark based on > its mostly white malar, paler articulars, darker eyestripe, more streaked > sides, and more extensive white in the tail (seen briefly when it flew but > not even remotely successfully photographed, unfortunately). I found it on > the east side of the pond in the grassy area east of the dirt trail that > circles the pond. My pictures actually (to my untrained eye) looked > closest to Lilian's Meadowlark, so out of curiosity I did research online > and found this article > <http://cobirds.org/CFO/ColoradoBirds/InTheScope/27.pdf>by Tony Leukering > and Nathan Pipelow on the rare presence of Lilian's Meadowlarks in > Colorado. I would love to know if anybody has thoughts on this. Eastern > Meadowlark is a lifer for me! > > Thanks! > > -- > > [email protected] > Ph.D. Candidate > Department of Geophysical Sciences > The University of Chicago > 5734 S. Ellis Ave. > Chicago, IL 60637 > -- [email protected] Ph.D. Candidate Department of Geophysical Sciences The University of Chicago 5734 S. Ellis Ave. Chicago, IL 60637 -- 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/CAAPQkTvdd%3DG-6RoJCwrNehgnsGaN3VR28RGQEJ6qkEk1nQOA1Q%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
