[birdky] Dickcissel bib differences

  • From: Lyneart <lyneart@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: BIRDKY Freelists <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 17:41:44 -0500

I think that if I took the time to photograph each Dickcissel I see on my 
place, I could separate individuals by their black bibs. I know that there are 
several Dickcissel territories on my farm, but haven't attempted to figure out 
exactly how many, partly because they seem to shift around as the summer 
progresses. In looking back at my photos, I see that there is a lot of 
variation in the extent of their black bibs. This morning I photoed a singing 
individual with only a small band of black. A photo I took earlier this year 
shows one with a deep black V. I thought I saw a singing individual in May with 
no black bib at all, but I think now that in that instance I was seeing a 
female while hearing a hidden male singing. I posted 2 photos of the singing 
Dickcissel I saw this morning. - 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/123438032@N04/
Frank Lyne
frank@xxxxxxxxxxx - near Dot in Logan County, KY 



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