[wisb] Re: Dowitcher ID - what do you think?
- From: "Steve Thiessen" <stevethiessen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ryanbrady10@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 01:49:03 -0500
On pic 58, A bird's throat doesn't appear clear. I'd say A and C LB's and B
not sure. It has more rust edged scapulars with out white, but still seems
to have a lot of white, brighter on some pics. Regular texts don't solve
some problems. Online photos don't always help either and are miss labeled.
I was looking yesterday, because we had the same problem Wednesday. There
was a photo where the person was making a point that the SB's bill is quite
long and had a LB in the photo. Steve Thiessen Stoughton Dane co.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ryan Brady" <ryanbrady10@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 8:45 PM
Subject: [wisb] Dowitcher ID - what do you think?
>
> Short version...what species are represented by these dowitchers seen in
> Ashland yesterday?
>
> http://www.pbase.com/rbrady/dowitcherid
> http://www.pbase.com/nanich/dowitchers
>
>
> Longer version... Sam Krerowicz found three dowitchers just west of
> Ashland yesterday and then Nick Anich and I headed out to take a look
> after work. We didn't have much time and expected Short-billeds, even
> though it's slightly earlier (by about a week) than we usually see them.
> We walked up and tried turning them into Long-billeds. We thought we might
> have 1 LB and 2 SBs at one point and then convinced ourselves they were
> all just the expected SBs as LBs are quite rare here. We soon left to
> return to our fatherly duties but later last night that ID didn't sit well
> with us. After some chatting Nick and I started to convince ourselves that
> Bird C had to be a LB. Then we were leaning toward all 3 being LBs. Then
> we were just downright confused. And here we are...confused. This is a
> tough ID and one Nick and I frankly are not comfortable with. We butchered
> the whole process as we could've had killer photos of the birds in perfect
> light but our hurriedness resulted in mostly poo
> r digiscopes and heavily cropped dSLR shots, which are in the two
> galleries above.
>
> What do you think? I've labeled the individuals in my gallery for ease of
> referencing Birds A, B, and C during discussion.
>
>
>
> Ryan Brady
> Washburn, Bayfield County, WI
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