In the November 12, 2015 edition of "Birdwatching Magazine" Kenn Kaufman wrote an interesting explanation of how black-eared bushtits were once considered a separate species, but are now known to be variations of the Common Bushtit. They were two species until 1931, when they were lumped, then split again in 1957, before finally being lumped conclusively in 1973
I have the link if anyone wants it, but it's not hard to find if you google Black-eared Bushtit. Joe Roller, Denver On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 1:44 AM, Karl Stecher Jr. <[email protected]> wrote: > I had one about ten years ago in my Centennial yard, at the suet feeder. > > Karl Stecher > Aurora > > > > ------------------------------ > *From*: "kickback" <[email protected]> > *Sent*: Wednesday, August 15, 2018 1:42 AM > *To*: "Colorado Birds" <[email protected]> > *Subject*: [cobirds] Re: Black-eared Bushtit, Arapahoe > > I saw some a few years back in Colorado Springs and have pictures of them. > They were not fully black-eared but the black was very apparent. > > http://www.avoapples.com/birds/IMG_9175_cr.jpg > > > Bill Kosar Colorado Springs > > On Tuesday, August 14, 2018 at 11:10:08 PM UTC-6, Ben S wrote: >> >> Hi all - >> This evening, a group of about 8 bushtits were feeding at once on suet in >> my yard. I was suprised to see a Black-eared form, my first ever. >> Unfortunately, I was unable to get a photo. Hopefully he will come back >> with the rest of the Bushtits. How regular is this in Colorado? >> >> Ben Sampson >> Centennial, Co >> > > -- > 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/0f0c997c-b468-4e92-ba31-a917d7153936%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/0f0c997c-b468-4e92-ba31-a917d7153936%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]. > 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/8cdf3307047045ddb5f5c954e2502732%40idcomm.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/8cdf3307047045ddb5f5c954e2502732%40idcomm.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/CAJpZcUCRdLvtoq9p-ZecEJjsEfXDPWa8SdL3ogS0XLaVONY7Gw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
