[texbirds] Re: RFI--Is a breeding plumaged male Scarlet Tanager possible on Oct 31 in Harris County?
- From: James Hinson <jmhinson@xxxxxxx>
- To: "dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2014 16:09:24 -0600
Another definite ID possibility around Harris County would be Orange Bishop.
Plenty of them around here.
Jim Hinson
Houston, Tx.
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On Nov 2, 2014, at 2:33 PM, "" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender
"live4birds@xxxxxxx" for DMARC) wrote:
> Pyle 1997 lists the fall adult molt as July-Sept. Consider Vermilion
> Flycatcher as a possible explanation for reports of red adult male Scarlet
> Tanagers in late fall/winter.
>
> Mary Gustafson
> Mission Texas
>
> (Stupid Spell Check and Auto Correct Provided by iPhone)
>
>> On Nov 2, 2014, at 2:24 PM, "Berner Family" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> (Redacted sender "jcazberner@xxxxxxxxx" for DMARC) wrote:
>>
>> Am reading a written report of a male scarlet tanager still in full breeding
>> plumage on Halloween in Harris County.
>> Is this possible--or mistaken ID? Has anyone seen breeding plumage male
>> scarlet tanagers this late in SE Texas?Do male scarlet tanagers ever migrate
>> while still in breeding plumage?
>> Cornell Lab has the following"In fall, males trade red feathers for
>> yellow-green and the birds take off for northern South America." and "The
>> male Scarlet Tanager undergoes a complete molt in the late summer/fall that
>> results in a greenish bird with black wings."
>>
>> Molt in North American Birds By Steve N. G. HowellÂ
>> says on page 225 (in the Tanagers section),
>> "Preformative and prebasic molts occur on the breeding grounds, prior to
>> migration, Â except for some Western Tanagers that molt at staging sites on
>> their way South,
>> This link to "Ornithology" by Frank Gill  indicates July/August as typical
>> time for pre-basic molt for first year male scarlet tanagers but doesn't
>> indicate exactly when adult male scarlet tanagers undergo pre-basic molt.
>> http://books.google.com/books?id=zM0tG5ApO0UC&pg=PA110&lpg=PA110&dq=what+month+where+do+male+scarlet+tanagers+molt+to+yellow+feathers&source=bl&ots=T0nKQF-Hkl&sig=BjO4W-7RFbJE19erRI9Q2z3va0o&hl=en&sa=X&ei=xodWVIa1Mo-gyASqlYLYBw&ved
>>
>> CgQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=what%20month%20where%20do%20male%20scarlet%20tanagers%20molt%20to%20yellow%20feathers&fúlse
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>> Interested in your experiences. ThanksJohn BernerHouston
>> The Berners
>> John, Cathy, Abby and Zach
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