I was wondering if the great gray owl was still in the location it has been in? I live pretty far away and I am considering coming to see. I am a respectful birder & don’t get too close or bother the birds. Anyway, I thought I would ask before I make the long drive. 🙂 Thank you in advance.
Happy birding!
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Aidan Lorenz
Caldwell
On Jan 12, 2021, at 4:54 PM, Elizabeth Medes <liz.medes@…> wrote:
Thank you, Ken. They’ve been seen closer to Montour but still… the black cap kind of threw me.LizOn Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 8:51 AM Ken Miracle via groups.io <chukar28=icloud.com@groups.io> wrote:Gray PartridgeOn Jan 12, 2021, at 8:50 AM, Elizabeth Medes <liz.medes@…> wrote:Found along the road side yesterday, throat appeared torn, maybe a dropped raptor kill?
Color on face, gray legs, and length of beak has us guessing some kind of grouse or partridge – there are game and exotic bird breeding fanciers not far from the site.Many thanks, all,
Liz Medes
Emmett ID<unk.jpg>
Ken Miracle
chukar28@…
208-570-2780
“Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God” 2COR 3:5
On Jan 12, 2021, at 8:50 AM, Elizabeth Medes <liz.medes@…> wrote:
Found along the road side yesterday, throat appeared torn, maybe a dropped raptor kill?
Color on face, gray legs, and length of beak has us guessing some kind of grouse or partridge – there are game and exotic bird breeding fanciers not far from the site.Many thanks, all,
Liz Medes
Emmett ID<unk.jpg>
Many thanks, all,
Liz Medes
Emmett ID
On Jan 11, 2021, at 10:38 AM, Cliff Weisse <cliffandlisa@…> wrote:
FWIW, I cropped this individual out of Alan’s original flock
photo “1-IMG6901-1.JPG”. Not the black bib Aidan mentioned.Cliff
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On 1/11/21 10:10 AM, Aidan Lorenz
wrote:
Hello!Although I don’t have experience with rosy finches, I do have a
lot of experience with House Sparrows. It looks to me like most of
the birds in the original flock shots from Mr. Gregory are House
Sparrows, with a few female Red-winged Blackbirds and one or two
Dark-eyed Juncos mixed in. House Sparrows, especially the males,
do have a prominent white wing bar that is exposed when they fly,
as is shown by this photo.
I see those wing bars and the black breast of a House Sparrow on
many of the birds in those two photos, in addition to the other
field marks of House Sparrows.I hope this helps with the identification of these birds!
Happy Birding! 🙂
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Aidan Lorenz
Caldwell-- Cliff and Lisa Weisse Island Park, Idaho cliffandlisa@...
FWIW, I cropped this individual out of Alan’s original flock
photo “1-IMG6901-1.JPG”. Not the black bib Aidan mentioned.
Cliff
Hello!Although I don’t have experience with rosy finches, I do have a
lot of experience with House Sparrows. It looks to me like most of
the birds in the original flock shots from Mr. Gregory are House
Sparrows, with a few female Red-winged Blackbirds and one or two
Dark-eyed Juncos mixed in. House Sparrows, especially the males,
do have a prominent white wing bar that is exposed when they fly,
as is shown by this photo.
I see those wing bars and the black breast of a House Sparrow on
many of the birds in those two photos, in addition to the other
field marks of House Sparrows.I hope this helps with the identification of these birds!
Happy Birding! 🙂
—
Aidan Lorenz
Caldwell
-- Cliff and Lisa Weisse Island Park, Idaho cliffandlisa@...