[texbirds] Re: more on finch ID
- From: Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Bob Becker <robertjbecker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2013 21:45:19 -0500
Bob, no matter which, it is a DARN good for SPI in April...I.B
On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 9:39 PM, Robert Becker
<robertjbecker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
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> Tonight I have looked at more than 100 images I took of the SPI finch to
> see if any showed streaking on the undertail coverts. I found none. Thanks
> to the helpful input of several experienced Texbirders, I must change my ID
> on the bird from Cassin's to Purple Finch. Several pointed out the general
> shape and configuration of the body and beak did not match the Cassin's
> finches they had observed elsewhere. Structure first, before plumage, was
> the lesson I learned.
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> Perhaps next time ......
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> Bob Becker
> Rancho Viejo
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