[texbirds] Re: ID help requested / Greater Pewee / Cottonwood Campground
- From: Imre Karafiath <traven306@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: gcwarbler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2012 11:00:54 -0500
Sorry but I do not have other photographs. Rest assured, I did not use a
recorded song, digital or otherwise. To be sure, the bird is well below
the canopy. And I can not rule out the possibility that I simply misjudged
the size of the bird. (Would not be the first time.)
-Imre
On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Chuck Sexton <gcwarbler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
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> Imre,
>
> Could you possibly upload additional photos of this bird showing other
> postures, etc.? Any quality of picture would be useful, not just
> cover-quality shots like you've offered.
>
> My 1st impression was that the bird is a Wood-Pewee. Note that in the one
> full picture of the bird, it is very alert and it obviously has a raised
> crest. This is very typical for excited wood-pewees. The *resting*
> posture of a Greater Pewee is quite vertical, with a pointed, almost
> triangular crown. As well, the bill just doesn't seem that long/big to me,
> but more photos of the bird in different postures would be useful. Another
> aspect mitigating against Greater Pewee is the location of the bird *on a
> branch somewhere below the canopy*. Unless this bird was attracted in by
> digital calls (I hope not), I seem to recall that the Greater Pewee is an
> inveterate snag percher like the Olive-sided.
>
> Chuck Sexton
> Austin, TX
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