What gave you the idea that I was trying provide a 'specimen'? I put
this link up to try and get confirmation, or refutation of my ID
assumption. I really don't care about your vocalizations preference, I
am sure they are diagnostic, but I am almost completely deaf so they
have no use for me. I do thank you for your thoughts on the matter,
but you failed to give an opinion on this particular bird.
Monte Phillips
Tx City
On 5/24/2016 11:07 AM, Keith Arnold wrote:
Monte,
First, there is a specimen of Tropical Kingbird for Galveston Island,
Second, the use of Kevin diagnostic characters for field ID is
questionable in my opinion; photos may be a different story, but I
sure would use them with caution. I still prefer to have a record
documented by vocalizations.
Keith Arnold
Bryan/TAMU
On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 10:54 AM, Monte Phillips
<monte.phillips@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:monte.phillips@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Based on the bill size and shape, and the tail feathers as shown
in Mary
Beth's link I would say that the bird at Galveston TAMUG that I took
these photos of this spring(mid April) is a Tropical Kingbird
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MeNkBUj-ylc/VxJjOg_jqJI/AAAAAAAAJTU/i7iJjVTRSOgsR4BX37zgvrEp2ndyq3P9wCCo/s800/270A1721.jpg
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QtKQ9HWXOnQ/VxKqkf7pFmI/AAAAAAAAJUE/zaN2o-eE0h0M-LJlp22Gp7lHmtDEPu1ewCCo/s800/270A1722.jpg
Monte Phillips
Texas City
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> From: "Mary Beth Stowe" <mbstowe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:mbstowe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
> Subject: [texbirds] Couch's/Tropical Comparison
> Date: Mon, 23 May 2016 06:36:45 -0500
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> Hi, all!
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> There's a discussion on ID Frontiers about a mystery T/C
Kingbird that
> showed up in Wisconsin, and Dave Irons shared a very useful website
> comparing Western, Tropical, and Couch's Kingbirds that I
thought Texbirders
> might find interesting and useful. Thanks, Dave!
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> http://www.birds.cornell.edu/crows/kingbirdsX.htm
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> Mary Beth Stowe
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> Alamo, TX
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> www.miriameaglemon.com <http://www.miriameaglemon.com>
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