[wisb] Re: Pyrrhuloxia in WI??
- From: "Tom Schultz" <trschultz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Steve Betchkal" <gonebirding88@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 09:07:59 -0500
Steve, your note about this is interesting, and it’s unfortunate that they
didn’t get back to you with a photo so it could be verified one way or the
other.
Did they say anything to you to suggest WHY they might have thought this
bird might’ve been a Pyrrhuloxia? Was there something unusual about it that
would make them think that it was somehow different from a female No.
Cardinal?
Tom Schultz
Green Lake Co.
From: Steve Betchkal
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 8:22 AM
To: trschultz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ; wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [wisb] Re: Pyrrhuloxia in WI??
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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