Wow! I never imagined the overwhelming response on this. Thought it would be a
sure giveaway to someone with that long green tail.
Found an old notebook I was using back then, thought I had thrown it away. Here
are my notes as I wrote them down at the time of spotting this bird:
vireo? white under, green/yellow tail, black eye, white eyebrow, bluish gray on
wing.
I had forgotten about the eyebrow since then, but the green tail threw me and
still does.
Thank you all for taking the time and effort to figure this out.
Glen
From: pamelaj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: jack.williamson.jr@xxxxxxxxx
CC: obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; gtaylor22@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [obol] Re: Green tail ID help
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2015 16:32:10 -0800
Jack’s slideshow eliminates interpreting the tail as being a leaf, which is
worth the effort.
Pamela Johnston
From: Jack Williamson
Sent: Monday, November 02, 2015 10:53 AM
To: joel geier
Cc: OBOL Oregon Birders Online ; glen
Subject: [obol] Re: Green tail ID help
Glen,
I took the liberty to download, crop, sharpen, add definition to each of
your photos, and then host them on my website in an effort to aid in the
identification of your observation.
Select "Slideshow" in the upper right-hand corner of the screen to see
full-screen versions of your photos.
http://www.jack-n-jill.net/p1018604520/h5FD740CB#h5fd740cb
Can't wait to hear everyone's thoughts!
Jack Williamson
West Linn, Oregon
On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 10:09 AM, Joel Geier <joel.geier@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Let
me retract that .... I do think the "leaf" moves between frames
consistent
with that way a bird's tail would move, and there is not much
other
movement by the foliage.
So we're left with a bird that looks like a
Warbling Vireo except with a
very uniformly greenish-yellow tail that also
looks too long for that
species.
One photo (with the bird looking
straight away from the camera) shows a
hint of a rusty cap that could fit
Green-tailed Towhee or Nashville
warbler, but the bird has a pale,
blank-faced look that doesn't fit
either of those.
Certainly a good
puzzle!
Joel
On Mon, 2015-11-02 at 06:23 -0800, Joel
Geier wrote:
P.S. Comparing the two photos that show the bird mostclearly, it looks
as if the green "tail" stays in one placewhile the rest of the bird
shifts between frames. The "tail" is alsomore smoothly colored than
therest of the bird....
