[cayugabirds-l] Possible Western Wood-Pewee: Myers Point Area, Ladoga Park, Lansing, NY
Ken Rosenberg reports a "Wood pewee right now at Myers Point. Looks good for Western," "On road to Lagoda. Red house w feeders." Bird has nearly all dark bill. Bending rules for images, to come... Sincerely, Chris T-H Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Wood-Pewee Images
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Possible Western Wood-Pewee: Myers Point Area, Ladoga Park, Lansing, NY
There is some discussion about the dark lower bill, more characteristic of Western wood-peewee, as seen in the photo Ken shared. But “all about birds” notes that juveniles can have all dark bills. Read especially the last line, below. “Eastern Wood-Pewees are olive-gray birds with dark wings, and little to no yellow on the underparts. The sides of the breast are dark with an off-white throat and belly, giving a vested appearance typical of pewees. They show little or no eyering. Adults have thin, white wingbars; those of juveniles are buffy. The underside of the bill is mostly yellow-orange, except in some juveniles.” Laura Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu > On Oct 21, 2018, at 11:49 AM, Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes > wrote: > > Ken Rosenberg reports a "Wood pewee right now at Myers Point. Looks good for > Western," "On road to Lagoda. Red house w feeders." > > Bird has nearly all dark bill. > > Bending rules for images, to come... > > Sincerely, > Chris T-H > > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Wood-Pewee Images
Ken certainly found an interesting bird. I assume he heard no vocalizations or he would have mentioned it. Any pictures from the side showing wing bars? When I've seen likely easterns and westerns in close proximity in Central American, it seems that easterns have two fairly equally weighted wing bars while westerns tend to show one wing bar as being more prominent. None of these physical cues (amount of dark/light on lower mandible, or prominence of wing bars) is as definitive (I think -- ha ha) as their vocalization, but they can help point in a particular direction. Neat bird for sure. Thanks for reporting it. Jody Enck Jody W. Enck, PhD Conservation Social Scientist, and Founder of the Sister Bird Club Network 607-379-5940 On Sun, Oct 21, 2018 at 11:50 AM Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes < c...@cornell.edu> wrote: > > > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] SSW Rusty Blackbirds, etc
Good variety of birds for this morning's SSW bird walk in the weather that soon turned to sleet. The clumps of ash seeds were hosting flocks of Rusty Blackbirds and Purple Finches (up to ten within a single binocular view) along the Wilson Trail north, just south of Owen's Platform. On the pond among mallards and wood ducks was a Gadwall, a male Hooded Merganser, and a female Aythya which had a weak wing spur indicative of Ring-Necked Duck -- maybe someone more expert and/or ambitious wants to turn it into a tufted duck :-). The ducks were in the main pond early, but were flushed to the Sherwood side. Suan -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Brant
Single BRANT with gulls on spit at Myers Park point. Donna Scott Lansing Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Wood-Pewee Images
According to Pyle and Sibley and the Bird Banding Lab, one can not safely call a Western on visual. At least two measurements are required. Plumage and bill characteristics can provide some additional help but feather wear, age and known geographic variations make such a call iffy at best without the vocalization. Always good to check out a possible. Thanks Chris. John --- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Rd Burdett, NY 14818 42.443508000, -76.758202000 On 2018-10-21 16:13, Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes wrote: > Only spreading the word... > > Better to inform of a possible good bird now (even if proven to be common > Eastern), than find out about a possible good bird that was later determined > to be good, well after the fact... > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 21, 2018, at 12:00, "k...@empacc.net" wrote: > > What makes you think this is a Western?Unless things have changed one can't > make the call by eyeball as at least two measurements are required. Plumage > and bill charcateritics can provide some help but feather wear, age and known > geo variations make that iffy at best. > John > > --- > John and Sue Gregoire > Field Ornithologists > Kestrel Haven Migration Observatory > 5373 Fitzgerald Rd > Burdett, NY 14818 > 42.443508000, -76.758202000 > On 2018-10-21 15:50, Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes wrote: > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html [1] > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds [2] > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html [3] > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- Links: -- [1] http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html [2] http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds [3] http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
