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Posted 22 February 2013 - 01:57 AM
According to my Sibley's, this should be a taiga variety of Merlin. I'm basing this on its white throat, wide tail-bands, and weak mustache. Comments...pros or cons??
1-Thunder Valley Road...02-20-2013 005 by littlebear_elder, on Flickr
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1-Thunder Valley Road...02-20-2013 005 by littlebear_elder, on Flickr
1-Thunder Valley Road...02-20-2013 012 by littlebear_elder, on Flickr
1-1-Thunder Valley Road...02-20-2013 003 by littlebear_elder, on Flickr
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Posted 22 February 2013 - 02:01 AM
Looks very brown, so I would say Prairie race (richardsonii).
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Posted 22 February 2013 - 02:04 AM
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Posted 22 February 2013 - 02:28 AM
I'm not convinced just by the color given the photos in Wheeler, but he does note that Prairie have a fainter mustache but are generally lighter than Taiga. This bird seems dark. Mustache seems fainter than I would expect. That said, this bird does look more heavily streaked than he shows Prairie.
My vote is on either Adult female or juvenille Taiga. But I'm no expert.
My vote is on either Adult female or juvenille Taiga. But I'm no expert.
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Posted 22 February 2013 - 03:23 AM
Sorry, I should have mentioned that the lighting was bad when I took these photos, and I had to lighten them up quite a bit to bring out the details. It was really darker than the photo depicts.
I think cany has it pegged, actually...either juvie or adult female. Maybe you're more expert than you give yourself credit for, cany!
I think cany has it pegged, actually...either juvie or adult female. Maybe you're more expert than you give yourself credit for, cany!
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Posted 22 February 2013 - 03:34 AM
Sorry, I should have mentioned that the lighting was bad when I took these photos, and I had to lighten them up quite a bit to bring out the details. It was really darker than the photo depicts.
I think cany has it pegged, actually...either juvie or adult female. Maybe you're more expert than you give yourself credit for, cany!
Haha:) If I am correct, it is only thanks to Wheeler. I also looked on the Cornell Labs site and that site seems to indicate the same to me. Sadly, though, I am often wrong:)
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