The bill color is wrong. McCay’s have a dark bill. Sent from my iPhone
> On Oct 12, 2018, at 12:36 PM, Erik Hendrickson > <[email protected]> wrote: > > <mcbunt.jpg> > > McKay's Bunting, Kenai/Soldotna Cannery Flats, 12/26/2011 > > > > <mcbunt 2.jpg> > > > > > > > >> On Thursday, October 11, 2018 at 2:02:01 PM UTC-6, Joe Roller wrote: >> I received the photo (below) from Dave Hyde, taken in Nederland Oct 10, by a >> nameless photographer. >> >> It's an intriguing bird, so I thought I'd share it on COBirds. >> My first reaction was leucistic Dark-eyed Junco. Leucistic, not albino, >> based on >> the dark iris and black on wings. Albino would be all white and have a pink >> iris. However (by coincidence I think), >> it does come close to what a breeding plumage McKay's Bunting would look >> like! >> Why is it not a McKay's Bunting? That species molts to non-breeding plumage >> in August, per Sibley, >> plus it's an Alaskan bird with only a few reports from the coast of >> Washington and Oregon (per >> eBird) and I see no reports from farther south or east of there. >> >> Snow and McKay's Buntings have dinky, dark bills, and the mystery bird shows >> a larger, pale bill, >> compatible with leucistic junco. >> >> THANKS, Dave, for presenting this puzzle. >> >> Joe Roller, Denver >> >> > > -- > 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/cc4dd92a-4eb2-4a8b-9c67-e4587d3b03b0%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > <mcbunt.jpg> > <mcbunt 2.jpg> -- 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/0E1BA8CC-77E0-4085-8AC0-ABBCD50D6249%40peregrinevideo.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
