[obol] Re: And then there's the Skipanon Goldeneye...
- From: David Irons <llsdirons@xxxxxxx>
- To: OBOL Oregon Birders Online <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 07:32:30 +0000
Hi Mike,
I'm wondering what your thoughts are about this bird. Head shape and bill
profile seem to fit Barrow's. Given the amount of white on the breast and the
contrast between the slightly darker back panel and the paler flanks, I'd say
this is a young male. Sibley shows first-winter males with emerging white
facial spots and yellow eyes, but then his text says "variable". It may that
one of the variable factors is whether they have a white spot or not, but eye
color normally changes over from dark to yellow pretty quickly in young birds.
I'm much too tired to go plowing into the descriptions in Birds of North
America Online tonight, so that will have to wait until tomorrow.
Dave IronsPortland, OR
> Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 18:56:19 -0800
> From: celata@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [obol] And then there's the Skipanon Goldeneye...
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> And now for another discussion...
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> http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbalame/archives/date-posted/2013/12/15/?view=lg
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> Seen at the Skipanon Boat Basin in Warrenton.
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> Mike Patterson
> Astoria, OR
> On watch in the Seawatch
> http://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/northcoastdiaries/?p=1506
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