[tn-bird] Re: Vermilion Flycatcher: possible!
- From: John Devereux Joslin <jdjoslin@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 06:50:49 -0400
David,
Can you rule out Scarlet Tanager?
--Dev Joslin
Oak Ridge, TN
dtrently wrote:
> I just returned from the site of the reported Vermilion Flycatcher. I MAY have
> seen the bird. What I saw was a red bird perched on a wire a long way off...it
> did not look like a cardinal, but before Audrey Hoff could get her scope out
> of the car the bird flew off.
> What I saw through binoculars:
> dark red bird sitting upright on a wire.
> Tail not as long as a Northern Cardinal
> I tried to turn it into a cardinal, but just couldn't...but I could not 100%
> turn it into a Vermilion Flycatcher.
> When it flew away, it certainly appeared to have dark wings.
>
> All I can say for sure is that this COULD have been a Vermilion! I'll try to
> go back on Saturday.
>
> David Trently,
> Knoxville, TN
>
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