[wisb] Re: Pyrrhuloxia in WI??
- From: Steve Betchkal <gonebirding88@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <trschultz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 08:22:42 -0500
Tom et al,
This person called me a few months back saying that they thought they had a
pyrrhuloxia at their feeder, but at that time had no photo documentation. I
told them that -- according to Wisconsin Birdlife -- there had never been such
a thing documented in Wisconsin and that if it was a pyrrhuloxia that would be
very exciting -- but also that the odds were it was probably a cardinal. I
asked them to please send me a shot as soon as they had one, but they didn't
get back to me.
Many More Birds to You
Steve Betchkal
> 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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