I agree with most everything being posited Re: this bird. But...unless it's a trick of light and from just one photo...I can't get over what looks to me to be distinct eye crescents. That is not consistent with ANY NA wren!
Doug douglas chapman [email protected] On Sep 12, 2013, at 11:05 PM, Steve Weston wrote: > Interesting photo! Wouldn't it be nice if the birds would carry ID tags. > The bright white supercillium and long tail narrow the field down to just > two choices: Carolina Wren and Bewick's Wren. The Carolina Wren is regular > in the SE Minnesota and perhaps into the Metro Area. The Bewick's is > accidental with only 7 fall records in the state and hasn't been seen since > 1998. Obviously, we can't expect it to be a Bewick's. The really long > tail and the cool brown color make it an easy decision: it is a Bewick's > Wren. The only problem is that I do not have confidence in the color > integrity. Looking at the white under-tail coverts, and using Sibley, we > definitely tell that this is a juvenile plumage...ummm...a juvenile plumage > Carolina or Bewick's. If you look carefully, you will see some faint > barring on the edge of the wing, which according to Sibley makes this > definitely a Carolina Wren and when you look at National Geo for > confirmation, you can see that both species have barring on the edge of the > wing. Look at the shape of the bird. Sibley describes the Carolina as a > stocky bird and the Bewick's as slender. The Carolina weighs more than > twice the Bewick's. And, when we compare this bird to the Downy on the > edge of the photo and ask the question of comparative size: Is the Downy > closer to 1.33 times the weight of the wren or three times the weight of > the wren? To me, the Downy looks much larger than the wren and easily > twice its weight. > > I believe that this is the rarer Bewick's Wren. I think that the size, > shape, tail length, and most important, color indicate an ID of Bewick's. > > Steve Weston > On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN > [email protected] > > > On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 9:09 AM, Liz Stanley <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yesterday I noticed this bird on my feeders, which appears to be a type of >> wren. We had a lengthy discussion on the Minnesota Birding Facebook page >> about it and I was curious if anyone here has an opinion on what it might >> be. While the camera does capture high quality images, of course it would >> be much better to have additional views of the bird, which I unfortunately >> didn't get (not for lack of trying.) >> >> http://www.pbase.com/image/152304186 >> >> Any comments are appreciated! >> >> -- >> Liz Stanley >> Bloomington, MN >> Backyard weather and feedercam: http://www.overlookcircle.org/ >> Photo gallery: http://www.pbase.com/gymell/liz_favorites >> Follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/lizmstanley >> >> ---- >> Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net >> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html >> > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
