[va-richmond-general] Re: Fw: Birding ID question
- From: "Kathy Kreutzer" <k-kreutzer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 21:22:31 -0400
I am probably the least knowledgeable person on this list, but some of
the photos I have seen of a pine grosbeak, in the right light, I think,
could resemble what you are describing - they have have been seen as far
south as Kentucky...
Here is an image:
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/BOW/PINGRO/
Kathy Kreutzer
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Birding ID questionWould anyone be able to hazard a guess as to the
identify of the bird described here?
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From: Phaup, Davis
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Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 7:58 AM
Subject: Birding ID question
I hope this is the right place to send this question:
Two evenings ago, Monday April 18, I had what I am almost 100% certain
was an Indigo Bunting perched and eating from one of my hanging tube
feeders (containing mixed seed). The bird fit every profile of an
indigo bunting except that it had very visible white "patches" or bars
on its wings. I'm pretty certain the bird was not a blue grosbeak and I
have seen pictures of Lazuli x indigo buntings. This bird differed from
the lazuli crossbreed in that it did not have any other white on it
other than on the wings.
I am quite confused after looking through my Sibley's, National
Geographic, and other field guides, which do not indicate that indigos
can have any white feathering. Do you have any knowledge of this? The
bird was spotted at my home in Montpelier, in western Hanover County
about 45 minutes before dusk.
L. Davis Phaup, III
Environmental, Health & Safety Services Coordinator
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