I have a lot of photographs of Western Wood-Pewee since they are common to the Canon City area and I photographed one this morning within 50 feet of where I photographed the other bird. I have added that photo to a post on my blog with one of the other bird's photos<http://birdsandnature.blogspot.com/2012/08/not-acadian-flycatcher.html>. It has a black tip on the lower mandible. I think the bill looks proportionally smaller.
BTW-the Greater Phoebe I photographed in McAllen,Tx was on their Rare Bird Alert and identity had been confirmed by several highly skilled birders from that area. Didn't say it,but the bird I photographed yesterday did not make a sound, naturally. 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 9:44 PM, SeEtta Moss <seet...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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" > -- 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.
