I didn't think my bird was a Western Pewee not only because of the size of the bill but because Western Pewee's don't have all organish/yellowish lower mandibles per *Birds of North America* online (also not in my experience): "Upper mandible is black; lower mandible is mostly black, or black-tipped, pale toward base. Gape yellow"
BNA says the following about Greater Pewee bill that is consistent with the bird I photographed yesterday: "Upper mandible dusky brown to nearly black, lower mandible yellowish to orange, mouth lining vivid orange" BNA also says, "Eastern (*C. virens*) and Western wood-pewees are smaller with olive-brown plumage, shorter tails, no crest (only slightly peaked crown), and proportionately smaller bills." SeEtta Moss Canon City Blogging for Birds and Blooms magazine @ http://birdsandbloomsblog.com/author/seetta-moss/ Personal blog @ http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 9:14 PM, SeEtta Moss <seet...@gmail.com> wrote: > Nick, > The only pewee I have seen with that large of a bill is a Greater > Pewee<http://birdsandnature.blogspot.com/search?q=pewee>that I photographed > in McAllen, Texas and this bird reminded me of that one > but it seemed very unlikely. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
