[obol] Seeing What You Want to See
- From: Jack Williamson <jack.williamson.jr@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: OBOL Oregon Birders Online <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 10:09:21 -0700
If you know anyone more guilty of regularly trying to turn an ordinary bird
into something fantastic please introduce us.
I have received an opinion from someone that I consider a good authority
that the bird I identified as a juvenile Northern Goshawk in my last post
is actually a juvenile Sharp Shinned Hawk.
Jill and I birded upstream from Camp Sherman yesterday and found a nice
assortment of birds. One American Dipper put on a show for us, calling
constantly for about 20 minutes. They have a very beautiful voice. We
waited and waited but its call was never returned. While standing on the
second bridge upstream watching the dipper, we had a small flock of swift
fly over. The coloration of one caught our attention - I tried of course
to turn it into a White-throated Swift. But its stubby body and thick,
non-angular, wings are telling me that it's an oddly colored Vaux's Swift.
http://www.jack-n-jill.net/blog/2014/9/seeing-what-you-want-to-see
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Jack Williamson
West Linn, Oregon
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