[obol] RBA: Magnificent/Great Frigatebird - Seaside Cove
- From: Mike Patterson <celata@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: OBOL <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, swalalahos <swalalahos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2015 17:08:15 -0800
At around 13:50 I got a call from Alan Contreras. At 13:53
I got a call from Dave Irons. At 13:57 I got a call from
Jay Withgott, who'd finally got my number from Steve Warner.
There were also voicemails from Jay and from Owen Schmidt.
Thank you everybody. I really do appreciate the team work.
Jay Withgott found a presumed MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD at Seaside
Cove this afternoon. He and Steve got some very good looks over
an extended period. I saw it just as it lifted up on a thermal
and drifted south behind Tillamook Head.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mbalame/16272648238/
The bird has an all white head which according my big book of
Frigatebirds (Harrison 1983) is the one plumage that is nearly
impossible to sort for Magnificent vs Great Frigatebirds. Jay
has photos and they will hopefully show details of the white
in the breast that will cleanly distinguish which species we're
dealing with.
Statistically, Magnificent is favored, but the recent bit of weather
is coming from the sub-tropical Pacific so we have to go through the
drill of eliminating other species.
--
Mike Patterson
Astoria, OR
The Problem With Big Years
http://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/northcoastdiaries/?p=2550
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