[obol] Scarlet Tanager or....
- From: Alan Contreras <acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <d_villa@xxxxxxxx>, OBOL <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 14:44:21 -0700
Although it is a little hard to tell what the color really is owing to the
light-and-shade pattern, my impression is that the color is not right for
Scarlet Tanager, which is typically brilliant red. This bird looks to me
more brick red like a Red Crossbill tucked away in the shade. One of the
photos appears to show a beefy, dark, finchy-looking bill, though that may
be an effect of lighting or a twig.
--
Alan Contreras
Eugene, Oregon/Boulder, Colorado
acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx
Working in Boulder, Colorado, most of the time from mid-September 2013
through late August, 2014.
From: dawn v <d_villa@xxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: <d_villa@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 17:32:03 -0400
To: OBOL <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Lincoln Co. Birding & Nature Observing" <LCBNO@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [obol] Re: Pixieland Scarlet Tanager - NO
Decided to go through my photos one more time and found him at the very
bottom of a shot - from there was able to find him in 3 more pix. They are
bad but you can see him - there are four photos to scroll through, two of
the shots include a cedar waxwing who was nearby (the tree was full of cedar
waxwings, making it very hard to follow the bird).
http://s1014.photobucket.com/user/villaesc/media/Birds/IMG_5693_1_zps7466bb4
0.jpg.html
<http://s1014.photobucket.com/user/villaesc/media/Birds/IMG_5693_1_zps7466bb
40.jpg.html>
Thoughts?
dawn v
Lincoln City/Nelscott
Blogging About the Coast
dvillabirds.blogspot.com
Sometimes things come when you stop looking
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> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: dawn v
>
> Sent: 08/31/13 02:02 PM
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> To: OBOL
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> Subject: [obol] Pixieland Scarlet Tanager - NO
>
> Spent about 3 1/2 hours at Pixieland this morning hoping to refind the bird.
> Ken Chamberlain joined me, followed by Paul and Carol.
>
> None of my photos turned out (I was basically pointing into the tree and
> firing blind - didn't work). I'm certain of what I saw - unfortunately have
> no proof and it was not there today.
>
> dawn v
> Lincoln City/Nelscott
> Blogging About the Coast
> dvillabirds.blogspot.com
> Sometimes things come when you stop looking
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