[texbirds] Re: Fwd: Re: Help ID this bird
- From: Graham Floyd <spcgraham.floyd@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Texbirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 08:22:57 -0600
I appreciate everyone who contributed. The bird is a Lark Bunting, and I
was hoping the photo would be more conclusive since "sparrow with black
around base of bill" didn't satisfy ebird, /le grand soupir...
Graham Floyd
San Antonio, TX
On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 5:22 PM, Mira M Pellerin <mirampellerin@xxxxxxx>wrote:
> I agree with you; the bill is too big for any of the other mentioned
> birds. and the plumage is to light for a Lark Bunting. I think it is a
> female Orange Bishop.
> *Mira M. Pellerin*
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clay Taylor <Clay.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: spcgraham.floyd <spcgraham.floyd@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Texbirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sun, Feb 24, 2013 1:46 pm
> Subject: [texbirds] Re: Fwd: Re: Help ID this bird
>
> Graham -
>
> Now that there is no clear opinion, you can supply details. Exactly where, in
> what habitat, what relative size (a Lark Bunting is waay bigger then a bishop,
> etc.), behavior, etc.? What was your initial ID / gut feeling about it?
> Any
> calls or vocalizations?
>
> To me, the bill looks too massive for House Sparrow, the wings do not look
> dark
> enough for Lark Bunting in winter, and I have very little experience with
> Bishop
> markings / plumages.
>
> Clay Taylor
> Calallen (Corpus Christi) TXClay.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Feb 23, 2013, at 8:31 PM, "Graham Floyd" <spcgraham.floyd@xxxxxxxxx
> > wrote:
>
> > So far 2 votes for Lark Bunting, and 1 each for Orange Bishop, House Finch,
> > and House Sparrow. Does that change anyones thoughts?
> > Graham Floyd,
> > San Antonio, TX
> >
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