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Bombay Hook Birding Bird ID Information Needed

Started by Benjamin DeHaven, Aug 09 2012 05:40 PM

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#1 Benjamin DeHaven

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Posted 09 August 2012 - 05:40 PM

Hello all,

Processing the mass of images gathered at Bombay Hook NWR in Delaware on 8.7.12 and verifying IDs. The two flycatchers I would like confirmation and the juvenile something I am clueless but would guess Red-winged Blackbird.

Willow Flycatcher

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Eastern Wood Pewee

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Awesome Looking Tailless Juvenile

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Posted 09 August 2012 - 05:42 PM

1. confirmed
2. confirmed
3.dickcissel?
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#3 BarnSwallow

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Posted 09 August 2012 - 08:51 PM

The last one looks like a longspur. Lapland?

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Posted 09 August 2012 - 09:05 PM

I leave the FCs alone.. but the last looks like a male Bobolink in molt to me.

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Posted 09 August 2012 - 10:28 PM

OK, i agree with birdbrain on the last one
ABA: 202

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Posted 09 August 2012 - 11:53 PM

I checked eBird and there where a couple (as in 2 or 4) Bobolink reported at Bombay Hook in the past week. Someone who likes to put a lot of codes and descriptions into eBird said "Adult, Male; Alternate Plumage" with a breeding code of "F Flyover". I don't know if that bird can fly with no tail. I can't find any pictures of tailless birds when I google "Bobolink Molt".

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Posted 10 August 2012 - 02:24 AM

Where did you see the Bobolink?? I'm heading down to Bombay Hook tomorrow morning, and I would love to see one!
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Posted 10 August 2012 - 02:37 AM

First, are you further confirming #3 is a Bobolink? Second, it was in the reeds on the right left side of Shearness Pool (left side as you come from Raymond Pool. It was just bopping from reed to reed then staring at the car without a care in the world...

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Posted 10 August 2012 - 03:27 AM

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Posted 11 August 2012 - 02:48 AM

I hate to do this so please forgive me, but can I get some more eyes on picture number three, id'ed here as a Molting Bobolink? I keep googling variations on Bobolink but they just don't seem to match well. And what about the completely missing tail? I can't find any molting Bobolink pictures with no tail. Bobolink would be a lifer for both me and my mother who came along for the trip to Bombay Hook and I would hate to add it and be wrong. EBird does report roughly 2-4 individuals at the refuge within a few days of my visit. On one checklist they are listed as "Adult, Male, Alternative Plumage" and "F Flyover".

Thank you all.

Benjamin

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Life List: 236 ** ABA 2013: 172 ** Maryland Life: 205 ** Maryland 2013: 152 ** Baltimore Life: 159 ** Baltimore 2013: 123 ** Delaware Life: 126

Latest Lifers: Northern Bobwhite (actually saw it!), Red Knot, Ruddy Turnstone, Warbling Vireo, Canada Warbler, Veery, Rusty Blackbird, Pectoral Sandpiper

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Posted 11 August 2012 - 03:38 PM

I'm fine with that being a Bobolink. With the bill and coloration I'm not really sure what else that would be.
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