Yes, a better image for sure! I’ll concede game set and match to Steve - Towhee it is. Thanks, Steve, for expanding my repertoire.
stan On 18 May 2014, at 13:12, John <[email protected]> wrote: > On 5/17/2014 9:36 PM, steve harley wrote: >> On Sat, May 17, 2014, at 18:53, Ann Sanfedele wrote: >>> Nope _ Stan had it - Rose-breasted grosbreak. The towee I know well >>> from Maine (and elsewhere) . Confusion understandable at a glance, but >>> note the very white bit on his front and the magenta tone to the color. >>> Their size and chubbiness is similar >> >> with due respect, i am going to stick to my ID, which was from >> familiarity backed with sources >> >> first tip off for me was the red color is on the side, google image >> search, plus ibird pro app, show all RB grosbeaks with white sides, red >> concentrated to the front and center breast, while RS towhees live up to >> their name with red extending along the side >> >> as for the beak, the color in the photo is oversaturated, but i think >> the beak is black; pinkish legs are also indicative (the grosbeak has >> grey) >> >> of many sources, these are pretty clear (scroll down to the photos) >> >> <http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/rose-breasted_grosbeak/id> >> <http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Eastern_Towhee/id> >> >> > > The beak is kind of grey. > > I got two frames of it. Here's the other one. You can see the beak a > little better & where the red is on the side & maybe how much it creeps > around to the front (or not) ... if that helps: > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/14027832057/ > > This actually might be a slightly better image of it. > > The magenta cast might be an artifact of the scan software's "restore > color" & "restore fading" functions. I tried it both ways & the image > that resulted from not using them was horribly washed out, but when I do > use them the image is over-saturated. > > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
