[wisb] Re: Pyrrhuloxia in WI??
- From: Chris West <little_blue_birdie@xxxxxxx>
- To: Tom Schultz <trschultz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "[Wisb]" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:57:57 -0500
The key to Pyrrhuloxia ID is all in the bill. That big, curved bill is
unmistakable.
On this photo, I cropped it down a bit and I agree with Tom. The bill isn't
curved enough for Pyrrhuloxia, nor is it short enough or small enough. The
bird is also obviously leucistic, which compounds the ID problem and makes the
crest look long.
In short, it's a leucistic female Northern Cardinal. Would be nice to get a
PYRR tho.
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> From: trschultz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [wisb] Re: Pyrrhuloxia in WI??
> Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:13:32 -0500
>
> Even though my initial perception was that the crest was quite long, and the
> bill appeared fairly heavy and curved, after some closer looks I now suspect
> that the bird is simply a female Cardinal. I guess the bird really doesn't
> appear to be gray enough, and there seems to be too much red in the wing.
> The true bill shape is hard to determine because of a small branch in the
> way.
>
> So, after all my initial excitement, I now believe that it's probably not
> the southwestern species.
>
> Tom Schultz
> Green Lake Co.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Schultz
> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 11:53 PM
> To: Wisbirdn
> Subject: [wisb] Pyrrhuloxia in WI??
>
> I was just looking at the Facebook page for the Larry Meiller radio show,
> and happened to notice a photo that is posted there. Scroll down the page a
> bit to see it. It?s the one just below the bluebird photo (from Dr. Kent
> Hall?s appearance on Wednesday):
>
> https://www.facebook.com/TheLarryMeillerShow
>
> Someone had suggested that the bird in this photo is a Pyrrhuloxia, and the
> photo (although not great) seems to support that ID.
>
> Here is what the person who posted it wrote:
>
> ?My parents' home is in Strum, WI, south of Eau Claire, WI. I looked up the
> Pyrrhuloxia and it stated it was an Arizona scrub brush bird (Southwest
> Cardinal). Are you able to ask next week if there are any other ideas for
> WI??
>
> If true, this would be a remarkable record for WI, with only one previous
> report in 2005.
>
> Tom Schultz
> Green Lake Co.
>
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