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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Dee ee,
looks more like a female Brewer's Blackbird (grayish rather than brownish, not as compact as a cowbird)
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Looks like the beak is too conical/fat for the Brewers. Could easily be a Cowbird, but i think I see a sort of brown streaking on the belly which says house finch to me. Needs moar pics!
Size would be a tell, cowbirds should be about 7", house finch would be around 5".
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Yeah, it was a little too big for a finch or sparrow.
The BH Cowbird and Brewers BB pics in Sibley both look like it.
Oh well, either way not too exciting.
Yo thanks.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Greyish Saltator...I think. :-)
Also saw my first Yellow Oriole and Collared Forest Falcon.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Russet-Throated Puffbird...pretty cool.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Chestnut-Fronted Macaw, near the hostel in Santa Marta, Colombia.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Bi-Colored Wren.
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john hansen
climber
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OK all you supertopo birding experts,
Can anyone convince me that this is not a winter wren..
I saw this guy at about 8000 ft on Mt Lemmon outside of Tuscon.
The Peterson guide shows this area to be part of their range.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Yellow Oriole, Santa Marta, Colombia.
A better shot of the Red Crowned Woodpecker.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Winter Wren or House Wren.
Bill, neck and tail are on the short side, barred flanks, I'm thinkin' Winter Wren based on Sibley.
edit: just looked at Nat. Geo. book, it shows House W. with barred flanks and less of a diff. on bill length as well as light breast and throat as seen in photo......I'm less sure now.
One thing for sure, Winter Wren is way less common.
Maybe an expert will weigh in.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Yellow-Headed Carcara, Santa Marta, Colombia.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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w.r.t Bob d'As Wren:
Aren't those tropical Wrens outrageous! There are gazillions of them (right?). I'm pretty sure I saw one(a Wren) that I had never seen before right in the middle of Mexico City during a conference a couple years ago. .
Are they really Wrens, or it is just the name that's similar (e.g. English and American Robbin)? I would guess that they are taxonomically similar, but I don't know.
Darwin thanks
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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John H.,
I'd say House Wren as well. If for no other reason than it is perched up high in the open. Winter Wrens are notorious skulkers. Not uncommon that you have to get down on your hands and knees to get a peek at one, a fleeting shadow under some pile of dense veg.
Any bird with the single last name "wren" found in the Americas is in the family Troglodytidae. There is only one species of true wren in the old world, the Eurasian Wren (used to be considered a Winter Wren before that species was split). Colombia has more wrens than any other country - 36. Mexico is not far behind with 32. Things like wrentit, wrenthrush, gnatwren, antwren, etc, are in other families. In the old world there are New Zealand Wrens and Australian Wrens, but they are in other non-related families.
Bob's Bicolored Wren is a close relative of the Cactus Wren (see them at Joshua Tree).
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john hansen
climber
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Hey everyone, thank's for all the input on the wren.
Here is one I got at the Mendota refuge west of Fresno.
Northern shrike,, could be a Loggerhead but ,, it was much bigger than other ones I have seen..
clark's grebe
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cyndiebransford
climber
31 years in Joshua Tree, now Alaska
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Another evening on the Kenai looking at birds. It snowed this morning, rained most of the day and cleared this evening.
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10b4me
Ice climber
Soon 2B Arizona
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Lokesh
Mountain climber
Big Bear California
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Great stuff all. In SLC for a flight layover right now. Good time in southern Arizona birding in spite of non stop winds and nasty air. Finally got my nemesis Red Faced Warblers today on Mt Lemmon! Yay! Sorry we missed you John H...we were in the Ramsey Canyon area. Hopefully BN can get some photos up soon!
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