I've had four votes for Hammond's, noting what Steve noted. I heard the bird vocalize once, but given that I only encounter empids during migration and haven't had a reminder of their calls until today, it was lost on me.
Thanks all! - Jared Centennial, CO On Thursday, May 7, 2020 at 10:04:44 AM UTC-6, Steven Rash wrote: > > Head shape, bill size, long primary projection are suggestive of > Hammond’s. That’s the direction I’d lean. As other recent empid ID posts > have pointed out, the tail wagging can be an unreliable characteristic. > That is to say that you can use it to rule something like gray IN, but just > because you see it happen doesn’t rule the other empids OUT. > > Vocalizations are always best, but I think you have enough here to claim > Hammonds. I’m sure someone will disagree. > > Cheers, > > Steve Rash > Denver, 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/ff5c746c-af51-434e-97d4-4b20160384cd%40googlegroups.com.
