A small piece of the Black-eared Bushtit puzzle was discovered by one of my New Mexico birding mentors, Barbara McKnight. The long-time secretary of the New Mexico Ornithological Society, Barbara had a banding project in the Sandia Mountains. Sometime in the late 1960s or early ‘70s on her banding site, she netted a first-year Black-eared Bushtit. A year later, she netted the same bird with brown “ears.” In the interior mountain race of the Bushtit, this appears to be a pattern with males. Many have some degree of black in the auriculars (BNA Online).
Chuck Hundertmark Lafayette, CO > On Aug 15, 2018, at 9:38 AM, Joe Roller <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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] > <mailto:[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] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2018 1:42 AM > To: "Colorado Birds" <[email protected] > <mailto:[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 > <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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[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 > <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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[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 > <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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAJpZcUCRdLvtoq9p-ZecEJjsEfXDPWa8SdL3ogS0XLaVONY7Gw%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAJpZcUCRdLvtoq9p-ZecEJjsEfXDPWa8SdL3ogS0XLaVONY7Gw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <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/7FEC8653-1EDA-46AD-8CC5-813A0F611C1F%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
