[obol] Re: Owen's Pipit pics
- From: Bob Archer <rabican1@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: OBOLINKS <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 20:18:26 -0700
Hi:
Yes, I saw some more of Owen's pics and they are the underside of the opposite
wing's tertials. It has no primary projection. I did not want to doubt the
id, just wanted to be sure I wasn't seeing a projection. Luv them pipits.
Sorry for unclear email, should have added sentence stating a RTPI would not
have a projection.
Bob
Pdx
> On Oct 23, 2014, at 8:07 PM, Russ Namitz <namitzr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Bob et al~
>
> I think the tertials from the other side of the bird overlay the nearside
> tertials (i.e. the right tertials are on top of the left tertials). Hence,
> we are seeing the dark inner edge of the right tertials.
>
> Also, I assume that Bob's reference to the unpatterned nape was alluding to
> the possibility of a Pechora Pipit. Not that he suggested otherwise, but it
> made me do a little research in the subtle differences between the two.
> Aside from the field guides, it can be instructive to flip through Google
> images of each.
>
> I think this is a juvenile bird as it has crisp, fresh plumage. It lacks
> frayed edges to the wing coverts and tertials and also lacks red in the
> throat.
>
> Cheers,
> Russ Namitz
> Medford, OR
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