[obol] Re: Blue grosbeak grants pass area
- From: Karen Saxton <kcsaxton@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Dennis Vroman <dpvroman@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 17:58:21 -0700
I have sent her a message re: either providing photos or hosting crazy
birding types. If I'd known when I was driving thru I'd have definitely
stopped to see her. Only found out after I returned home to the coast from
medford
On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 12:55 PM, Dennis Vroman <dpvroman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Seeing as I live in the Grants Pass area, I'm interested in this sighting.
> I'm willing to take a look at this bird if it's still around. Indigo
> Buntings are not an every year sighting in Josephine County, but there has
> been a good number of them found here. In fact I banded one (Indigo that
> is). Have seen both Blue Grosbeaks and Indigo Buntings in the past years.
>
> Karen, if the person is willing who found this bird, I can come a take a
> look. It could be a male Indigo fledgling from last year, thus the "khaki"
> wings. Last years bird would have brownish flight feathers.
>
> Dennis
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Gilligan" <
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> To: <kcsaxton@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2014 11:58 AM
> Subject: [obol] Re: Blue grosbeak grants pass area
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> That is a very unusual sighting. Indigo Bunting should also be
>> considered. I recall at least one report of Blue Grosbeaks that proved to
>> be of Indigo Buntings. Indigo Buntings are also rare in Oregon, though not
>> as rare as Blue Grosbeaks. Photographs should be taken if possible.
>>
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>> On Apr 27, 2014, at 11:51 AM, Karen Saxton <kcsaxton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> A friend mentioned a pair of birds at her feeder, one blue with "khaki"
>>> wings and one the same brown with black wing bars. I showed her a picture
>>> of Blue grosbeaks and she confirmed. Is this an unusual sighting(before I
>>> urge her to report a rare bird sighting).
>>>
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