[texbirds] Re: South Padre Island Carpodacus, Psycho-spizella, 4/4/13
- From: "John Arvin" <jarvin@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <jkestner@xxxxxxxxxx>, <antshrike1@xxxxxxx>, <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2013 12:51:54 -0500
I had a knee jerk response upon first seeing the photos of the Carpodacus
finch in question that it was a Purple Finch. I am by no means an expert,
not having seen a male Purple Finch in perhaps 15 years nor a Cassin's
Finch since 2000 during the unprecedented invasion of Cassin's Finches into
South Texas during which the first bird was a male on SPI at the late
Barbara Kennett's house. The broad chokolate eye strip and crown strip,
shape of the bill, and general raspberry color looked like Purple Finch to
me. If so (if either, actually) it is an amazing record, for which SPI is
becoming famous. The sparrow is another matter. I have seen it called a
Lincoln's. It looks like a Spizella to me and more than that, like a
Clay-colored. I hate trying to identify birds by one or two photos but
those are my first impressions (and I am not a feather-detail
identification aficionado).
jca
John C. Arvin
Research Associate
Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
103 West Hwy 332
Lake Jackson, TX 77566
jarvin@xxxxxxxx
www.gcbo.org
Austin, Texas
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From: "Judy Kestner" <jkestner@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 12:33 PM
To: antshrike1@xxxxxxx, texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [texbirds] Re: South Padre Island Carpodacus, Psycho-spizella,
4/4/13
Here is a link to a handy finch id aid:
http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hub/95627/file-25832341-pdf/tricky_finches_ebird-1.p
df?t=1364574977000
Judy Kestner
Corpus Christi
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From: <antshrike1@xxxxxxx>
To: <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 8:32 PM
Subject: [texbirds] South Padre Island Carpodacus, Psycho-spizella, 4/4/13
> Wow, what a crazy, beautiful, wonderful day at South Padre Island!
> Birders may have outnumbered the birds, but what the migrants lacked in
> quantity, they made up for in quality. Leading the way was the
mysterious
> Carpodacus finch that made its third appearance in as many days at the
> convention center. I'm guessing it's a Purple finch but there were lots
> of votes for Cassin's Finch.
>
>
http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n610/antshrike/PurpleFinchIMG_7341_resiz
e_zps3885f15a.jpg
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http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n610/antshrike/PurpleFinchIMG_7163_resiz
e_zpsac1d9f80.jpg
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> And then there was the psychadelic Spizella sparrow. It really had
people
> confused. It looks like it has gotten into some kind of pollen or sticky
> substance.
>
>
>
http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n610/antshrike/SpizellaIMG_6920_resize_z
ps2fe4431d.jpg
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http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n610/antshrike/SpizellaIMG_6660_resize_z
ps9a097c37.jpg
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>
> The fifteen species of warblers I saw did not include the reported
> Virginia's and Blackburnian Warblers. I had to settle for mundane stuff
> like Swainson's, Prothonotary, Worm-eting, Kentucky and Blue-winged
> warblers.
>
>
>
http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n610/antshrike/SwainsonsWarblerIMG_6851_
resize_zpsf0f98ee4.jpg
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http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n610/antshrike/Worm-eatingWarblerIMG_665
3_resize_zps755f3b3a.jpg
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> South Padre Island, Cameron County, Cameron, US-TX
> Apr 4, 2013 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
> Protocol: Traveling
> 5.0 mile(s)
> 48 species
>
> Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 4
> Redhead 50
> Brown Pelican 15
> Cattle Egret 50
> Black-bellied Plover X
> Willet X
> Pectoral Sandpiper 1
> Laughing Gull X
> Franklin's Gull 1000
> Royal Tern X
> Eurasian Collared-Dove 10
> Mourning Dove 5
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8
> Great Crested Flycatcher 1
> Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 10
> White-eyed Vireo 5
> Warbling Vireo 1
> Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
> Tree Swallow 1
> Barn Swallow 5
> Cliff Swallow 3
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
> Northern Mockingbird 2
> Worm-eating Warbler 1
> Northern Waterthrush 1
> Blue-winged Warbler 1
> Black-and-white Warbler 8
> Prothonotary Warbler 1
> Swainson's Warbler 1
> Tennessee Warbler 1
> Orange-crowned Warbler 4
> Nashville Warbler 8
> Common Yellowthroat 5
> Hooded Warbler 5
> Northern Parula 4
> Yellow Warbler 1
> Yellow-rumped Warbler 10
> Black-throated Green Warbler 2
> Chipping Sparrow 2
> Clay-colored Sparrow 2
> Savannah Sparrow 3
> Grasshopper Sparrow 1
> Red-winged Blackbird 20
> Great-tailed Grackle 5
> Orchard Oriole 8
> Purple Finch 1
> House Sparrow 5
>
>
>
>
> Dan Jones, Weslaco
>
>
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