[texbirds] Re: What color are the feet of a Ruby-crowned Kinglet?
- From: "Sanchez, Isaac C" <sanchez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Fred_Collins@xxxxxxxx" <Fred_Collins@xxxxxxxx>, Texbirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 19:06:14 +0000
Do you mean orange like this one:
https://picasaweb.google.com/100559297474933995697/NorthAmericanPhotoLifeLi
st565#5646020495733908322
Isaac Sanchez
Austin
On 2/7/13 10:26 AM, "Collins, Fred (Commissioner Pct. 3)"
<Fred_Collins@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>James et al.
>
>Nice to see people notice things like this and want to share it with
>others. Not sure I would call it a field mark but a special character
>that gives the bird even more character. If you knew the answer to this
>one, then you pay attention to birds beyond simply identifying them.
>
>Here's another quiz for those that really pay attention. What color id
>the tail of a Roseate Spoonbill. Only the Lord has enough talent to make
>all those colors of a spoonbill work together. I am sure Matisse was
>jealous.
>
>
>Fred Collins
> (281) 357-5324
>Director: Kleb Woods Nature Center
> Cypress Top Historical Park
>Commissioner Steve Radack
>Harris County Precinct 3
>www.pct3.hctx.net
>
>
>
>
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>Subject: [texbirds] What color are the feet of a Ruby-crowned Kinglet?
>
>Here's a field mark on a very common bird that I have never noticed until
>now: Do you know what color the feet of a Ruby-crowned Kinglet are?
>Kudos if you do. If not, take a guess. Gray, you say? Pink you think?
>Black?
>Brown?
>Would you believe a bright orangish yellow that contrasts with the black
>legs much like the legs and feet of a Snowy Egret? Skeptical? I would be
>also, were it not for a photo I took a couple days ago that shows this
>trait. The Kaufman guide does not mention this field mark, but Stokes
>describes it like this: "Legs and especially feet orangish." Sibley does
>not describe the feet, but clearly shows the color in his illustrations.
>Golden-crowneds share the same trait.
>
>I have looked at several photos on the internet, and there is a lot of
>variation - ranging from no visible yellow to Snowy Egret feet. Here's
>the photo that brought this to light for me.
>
>http://jamesagiroux.com/Ruby-crownedKinglet.html
>
>James Giroux
>Austin, TX
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