Re: [cobirds] Need ID Help from Crow Valley (Weld County)

2016-09-07 Thread Joey Angstman
Thank you, Tony! I was looking through my pictures again tonight and found this one. Is this the white throating you were talking about for a Blue-headed Vireo? or is still missing enough contrasting with the auriculars?

Re: [cobirds] Need ID Help from Crow Valley (Weld County)

2016-09-07 Thread coloradodipper via Colorado Birds
Joey: Given a view of the back, Blackburnian is actually fairly easy to differentiate from similar-looking species by the white or whitish "braces" -- those streaks of contrasting pale near the sides of the back. However, your major concern with identifying Townsend's Warbler (TOWA; note

[cobirds] Need ID Help from Crow Valley (Weld County)

2016-09-06 Thread Joey Angstman
Hi, My friend (Dan Horton) and I visited Crow Valley on Monday to see if we could find migrants that are coming through. We did in fact find some birds, but also realized we have don't know what they are. We were able to narrow it down a little bit, but definitely need some help with a