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Last post 08-01-2009, 9:58 PM by Matt. 24 replies.
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  •  07-30-2009, 8:43 PM 109163 in reply to 109160

    Re: Strange, odd or flat wrong

    it must just be an extra pale mourning dove..... sorry, no

    BTW, you scared me with your first guess on this bird, I had to do some quick further research.  Almost an ouch....


    Latest Birds: Sage Thrasher, Ferruginous Hawk, Common Goldeneye
  •  07-30-2009, 8:52 PM 109164 in reply to 109159

    Re: Strange, odd or flat wrong

    Bingo, its a male brown-headed cowbird and a female bronzed-cowbird.  My compliments.  The two females are compared below (top BHCO, bottom BROC). 

    A bit of a reach, but thought the pairing of opposite genders of two different parasitic species was a bit odd.  



    Latest Birds: Sage Thrasher, Ferruginous Hawk, Common Goldeneye
  •  07-30-2009, 8:55 PM 109165 in reply to 109162

    Re: Strange, odd or flat wrong

    Jim... Is the oddity on the Western Tanager i that its head is not red enough for this time of year.

    You may be right but that is not the oddity.


    Latest Birds: Sage Thrasher, Ferruginous Hawk, Common Goldeneye
  •  07-30-2009, 9:12 PM 109170 in reply to 109165

    Re: Strange, odd or flat wrong

    my guess on the tanager is it is on the ground.. they stay mostly in the upper canopy..?

    http://whatbird.com/forums/photos/early_summers_birds/
  •  07-30-2009, 9:17 PM 109172 in reply to 109170

    Re: Strange, odd or flat wrong

    Birdseye... my guess on the tanager is it is on the ground.. they stay mostly in the upper canopy..?

    Bingo you are correct.  The sad thing about this picture is that the bird impacted against a neighbor's window and was injured.  


    Latest Birds: Sage Thrasher, Ferruginous Hawk, Common Goldeneye
  •  07-30-2009, 9:37 PM 109178 in reply to 109109

    Re: Strange, odd or flat wrong

    Picture 4:  Common Grackle, the nest is a bit lean on eggs.

     

    (I'm not sure about species, could be GTGR instead.  I'm taking a clue from the image's filename.  Not sure if you meant that or not)

  •  07-30-2009, 9:53 PM 109184 in reply to 109178

    Re: Strange, odd or flat wrong

    Picture 5:  I read the answer to this one in another post, so I'll let someone else have a chance Smile


    I'll just say that this is a unique idea for a quiz, Matt.  It's far from lame.  I hope there's more coming!

  •  07-30-2009, 9:57 PM 109185 in reply to 109178

    Re: Strange, odd or flat wrong

    Lyceel... (I'm not sure about species, could be GTGR instead.  I'm taking a clue from the image's filename.  Not sure if you meant that or not)

    You must have raised kids, nothing gets by you.  You are half right, Species is great-tailed grackle nest.

    There are more clues if you look  a little harder.


    Latest Birds: Sage Thrasher, Ferruginous Hawk, Common Goldeneye
  •  07-31-2009, 3:12 AM 109203 in reply to 109112

    Re: Strange, odd or flat wrong

    Well, I wasn't thinking in that direction concerning the Western Tanger.  The ones that I've observed were all at eye-level or certainly low scrub level.

    http://whatbird.com/forums/photos/birdman/
  •  08-01-2009, 9:58 PM 109456 in reply to 109203

    Re: Strange, odd or flat wrong

    Attachment: third egg.jpg
    I filled in all the to each of the submissions.  Here is the picture of the mourning dove nest with the third egg pushed aside.


    Latest Birds: Sage Thrasher, Ferruginous Hawk, Common Goldeneye
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