Hey all, so in response to what the Lucy's Warbler might be eating...maybe some form of aphid. After a brief review of my photos today and watching it gleaning along the bare branches, I have a couple of photos in sequence that shows a small bump appear on the tip of the bill when the previous photo does not have said bump. Caught this a couple of times. Will be posting photos on my ebird report.
Matt Newport Araphahoe County On Mon, Apr 17, 2023 at 8:13 AM DAVID A LEATHERMAN <[email protected]> wrote: > Congrats to all the predictors, finders and successful refinders of the > great birds causing us spring excitement after what has seemed like a very > long winter. As always I encourage folks to document these situations > beyond what and where. OK, so I'm into behaviors, particularly related to > bird diets. Figuring out, documenting, showing in a photo what a bird is > eating is difficult. But I think things like showing what kind of plants > these birds are in shouldn't be that hard to do. Ebird, for reasons nobody > will explain, truncates its utility by not allowing photos of plants or > food that don't have a bird in the frame. But there's no rule against > sharing such photos on COBIRDS and other platforms. My experience is that > birders and now their apps, are getting very good at identifying birds and > bird sounds but are often unsure about tree and other plant IDs, insect > IDs, etc. But our optics in the form of phones and stand-alone cameras > offer a plethora of options for documenting the kinds of things I > constantly find myself wanting when checking alerts and eBird checklists. > After the bird hops on, take a decent photo of the plant(s) it seemed most > interested in. The identity of the plant alone probably informs likely > reasons for the bird's presence in it. Further, there are apps that > identify plants pretty darn well. Plug in a pic of the plant and add the > app info to reports. GPS coordinates and comments like "got it" and > "continuing" are great information for seekers of these birds, as far as > they go. For those of us who choose not to, or can't, pursue these great > birds, our "Walter Mitty" experience would be richer with more information > about what these birds are doing. And we might add new paragraphs to their > life histories. For example, we have the opportunity to find out what > Lucy's Warblers do when they're not in the desert. Have we ever had more > than one on the East Slope at the same time? Brian's meteorological > prediction featuring southwestern U.S. possibilities came true? > > And then there's that Common Black-Hawk stealing a fish, not a crayfish, > from a heron in Salida. > > Just some thoughts, > Dave Leatherman > Fort Collins > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en > * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include > bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate > * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ > --- > 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/PH7PR12MB735473BD321F51327B64A1C7C19C9%40PH7PR12MB7354.namprd12.prod.outlook.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/PH7PR12MB735473BD321F51327B64A1C7C19C9%40PH7PR12MB7354.namprd12.prod.outlook.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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/CADwX3Vr7LbwhS%2BsQAESEgWo0jNqiqBBk%3DsrA%3DqGXuz2FZuKQTg%40mail.gmail.com.
