[wisb] Re: Pyrrhuloxia in WI??
- From: Gwyn Calvetti <gwyntells@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rory_cameron@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 07:19:29 -0500
My new laptop has an annoying feature that seems to randomly enlarge pages.
I used that feature to blow this up quite a bit, like 372%.. The bill is
definitely red.
Gwyn Calvetti
LaCrosse County
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 3:09 AM, Rory Cameron <rory_cameron@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Also, the Pyrrhuloxia bill is yellow, and the bill on this bird looks red.
> Rory CameronChippewa Falls
>
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> > From: little_blue_birdie@xxxxxxx
> > To: trschultz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [wisb] Re: Pyrrhuloxia in WI??
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > Happy Birding! --Chris W, Richland County Interpretive Naturalist
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> > "The beauty and genius of a work of art may be reconceived, though its
> first material expression be destroyed; a vanished harmony may yet again
> inspire the composer; but when the last individual of a race of living
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> such a one can be again."
> >
> > (From William Beebe's "The Bird: Its Form and Function," 1906)
> >
> >
> >
> > > 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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