I’m very pleased that there are now 40 reports of the juvenile Long-tailed Jaeger from Boyd Lake in eBird. Reviewing images I see now that this bird is not a dark morph but rather a darker intermediate morph based on the extensive white spotting and barring on the underwing and undertail coverts. For example see images in this checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S148409085.
And a plug for submitting rare bird reports. Once I logged in to the Colorado Bird Records Committee website (accessed via Cobirds.org), I selected “Submit eBird Checklist”. The process took about 5 minutes. By the way the last Long-tailed Jaeger reported to eBird from Boyd Lake was an adult in mid-September 2014, found by Andy Bankert. Nick Komar Fort Collins Big Year Blog—https://biggestyear2023.blogspot.com > On Aug 29, 2023, at 6:36 AM, Nicholas Komar <[email protected]> wrote: > > A juvenile Long-tailed Jaeger just flew over Boyd Lake swim beach. Seems to > be hanging around. > > Nick Komar > Paul Gordy -- -- 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/B1F3047F-4ACF-4E62-8908-40F9E0125C73%40comcast.net.
