[cobirds] Re: Bird ID?

2013-07-29 Thread Andy Boyce
Gary, That looks like a White-rumped Shama (*Copsychus malabaricus). *It's an asian bird, and EXTREMELY common as a cage-bird throughout SE Asia. Crazy critter to show up in CO, and almost certainly an escape. Andy Boyce Missoula, MT On Monday, July 29, 2013 4:09:39 PM UTC-6, The Nunn Guy

[cobirds] Re: Redpoll Taxonomy

2013-01-06 Thread Andy Boyce
and Evolution* 47.3 (2008): 1005-1017. Enjoy, folks can pm me if they are interested in getting ahold of a copy of the paper. andy boyce missoula, mt On Sunday, January 6, 2013 2:55:36 AM UTC-7, Steven Mlodinow wrote: Greetings All The following is rather technical, and is taken from the Birds

[cobirds] Re: Redpolls

2013-01-05 Thread Andy Boyce
, but I guess I feel like trying to identify every individual to anything other than Redpoll appears to be an exercise in futility. That said, up here in Montana we are absolutely inundated with these guys and they are certainly a lot of fun to look at. Enjoy, Andy Boyce Missoula, MT On Saturday