[wisb] Junco Responses

From: Petherick Chris <cpetherick@xxxxxx>
To: Wisconsin Bird List Wisconsin Bird List <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:25:18 -0600

Hello,

Thanks to everyone who responded (and I'd still enjoy hearing from  
anyone with an opinion on this Junco!).  The consensus was that this  
is an Oregon Junco.  I had 9 responses as follows:

Female Slate Colored Junco - 1
Oregon Junco Subspecies - 6
Hybrid Oregon/Slate Colored (Cassiars) - 1
Don't know, interested to hear what others think - 1 (and 2 if you  
count me!)

I found the responses to be really interesting and I very much  
appreciated the links that people sent as well as some that I found.   
I have included a few below for anyone interested in reading up on the  
various subspecies of Junco.  So until I can get a better picture of  
this bird I will have to chalk it up to being a Dark-Eyed Junco - I'm  
going to leave out any potential subspecies since there is plenty of  
room for doubt as to the specific subspecies based upon what I read  
and what people responded with.

Some interesting links on Juncos if you want to do some reading/ 
looking at pictures:

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Junco_hyemalis.html

http://www.oceanwanderers.com/JuncoID.html

http://michelesphlog.blogspot.com/2008/11/oregon-junco-yes.html

http://www.umd.umich.edu/dept/rouge_river/junco.html

Chris Petherick
Fox Point, Northeastern Milwaukee County

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