[texbirds] Quiz Answer.
- From: Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2013 21:52:47 -0500
would guess...Only one correctly ID'ed the bird ( as I recall) on first try
and it was Heidi .
I was pretty surprised to have 6 votes for Varied Thrush and another 3-4
for Am. Robin, the remainder were mostly all for Great-tailed Grackle or
Rusty Blackbird (3) with a few other single votes for other species
including Nicaraguan Grackle for fun...Just goes to show how hard photos
can be to decipher online given an unexpected angle and a poor
photo...Where were you Mark B? :-)
The bird is an adult female Boat-tailed Grackle.
If I can point out a single ID point or two, at least for around here on
the central Texas coast, most female GTGRs will show a pale throat or chin
even at this angle and paler stronger eye line...But they too can be very
brown below...something that is not reflected well in Sibley well but is in
NGS, the two standard use field guides.....That said there is variation in
both and more than once I have mistakenly ID'ed one for the other. This
female was the object of much attention by a male BTGR and was likely a
desired member for his harem assuming BTGR males exhibit that same harem
behavior as GTGRs.
Some folks assumed I was still in Utley where I still need a GTGR as a
yard bird other than as a flyover after 2.5+ decades... one assumed I was
still in New Mexico, but this was in Port O'Connor..
Wind is NE, lightening to the N....Early out for birds in the AM before
another tough day of writing email notes:-) You are all good sports.
--
Brush Freeman
361-655-7641 Cell
http://texasnaturenotes.blogspot.com/
Finca Alacranes., Utley,Texas
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