Ha! Hi David. I remember being fooled by the same thing and came to the same
false Sprague’s Pipit conclusion as you did quite a few years ago. Folks on
this list correctly and quickly suggested juv. Horned Lark.
Nothing foolish at all of course. But rather a common mistake at this time of
Raise your hand if you ever mis-identified a bird!
If you think about it, John James Audubon, Roger Tory Peterson and David
Allen Sibley have their hands raised.
Joe Roller,
Denver
On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 3:13 PM, Virginia Simmons simmons19...@hotmail.com
wrote:
In 2014 in open grassland
In 2014 in open grassland near the floor of the San Luis Valley, below the San
Juan Mtns., I mis-identified a “Sprague’s Pipit.” An experienced birder pointed
out to me that American Pipits were just starting down from high country at
about that time, and I wisely yielded.
Virginia Simmons
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Howdy Folks, First, thanks to all those people that replied either here or
to me personally. I appreciate your feedback. I've figured out exactly
where I went off track on my path of identification. I use the book form of
Sibley's 1st edition in the field. There I saw that Spragues Pipet has
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Today while doing some bird surveys, I chanced upon 2 Adult Caspian Terns at
the Blanca Wetlands Wildlife Area (Alamosa County). The area is now open and
the birds were alternately using pond 115 and 107. This is possibly only the
second and third records for the species in the San Luis Valley,
Water levels in Chatfield Reservoir are more or less back to normal,
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were flooded recently. Other than Killdeer and Spotted Sandpipers, my only
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Looks like I did it, I made myself a fool. Nick Komar straightened me
out. Turns out they are Horned Larks.
Mea Culpa
David Wade
Ft Collins
On Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 12:43:33 AM UTC-6, David Wade wrote:
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Greetings Birders, I went back to Larimer County Road 5 to look for a
Cassin's Sparrow reported earlier in the day. I found Cassin's but missed
the Baird's Sparrow because either they weren't singing, or the wind blew
their songs away. Further north of the Baird's field, I came across two
Oh, come on, you're not a fool! Every time people reach out for help on IDs
they're taking a risk of looking silly, but what better use of this format than
to get help with birds?
The more people ask for help with IDs, the more others, like myself, will be
willing to do the same. Then some
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