I think this is actually a Calliope Hummingbird based on the
short tail and complete lack of rufous in the tail or rump.
Cliff
On 9/23/22 03:06PM, Tom & Susan
Soniville wrote:
Within an hour of writing that the hummers
seemed less territorial, I took this picture and sure looks
like this rufous came out on the short end of a” jousting”
session. I have seen hummers with chest wounds once or twice,
but never got a clear shot of the damage.
Jay, thanks for the information on the
tanager. I didn’t think about the difference in the vibrancy
of the color. I’ve never been in the right place at the right
time to observe juvenile tanagers. The sighting was a real
gift, since it dropped into the middle of the lesser goldfinch
flock and landed on the flower stalk closest to me. Was only
around for a couple of minutes.
Thanks for sharing the nice photos of the
birds. I appreciate Jay’s detailed explanation which is
interesting and informative. It’s good for me to learn how
to observe more closely. Thanks to both of you!
On Fri, Sep 23, 2022, 11:40 AM Tom
& Susan Soniville <tomnsueid@…>
wrote:
Had
two visitors to our yard yesterday. The female western
tanager was with a flock of lesser goldfinches. I
believe the other is an orange crowned warbler, but
would appreciate any other ideas. Viewing light and
angle were not optimum.
Hummers
are thinning out and the ones left are not nearly as
territorial as earlier in the season.
Yes to the Orange-crowned (mid to late Sept is peak migration timing for them) and this is an immature male tanager … age based on the combination of quite fresh feathers & the date (adults from this area migrate before molting so have worn feathers in late summer; and they also migrate almost exclusively before mid-August) – and male because of the overall brightness and the contrast between the bright yellow upper wing bar and duller, whitish lower wing bar (young females duller overall & have both wings bars pretty dull).
Jay
On Friday, September 23, 2022 at 11:40:08 AM MDT, Tom & Susan Soniville <tomnsueid@…> wrote:
Had two visitors to our yard yesterday. The female western tanager was with a flock of lesser goldfinches. I believe the other is an orange crowned warbler, but would appreciate any other ideas. Viewing light and angle were not optimum.
Hummers are thinning out and the ones left are not nearly as territorial as earlier in the season.
Tom Soniville
West Bench. Boise
— Tom Soniville Boise. North End
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
Within an hour of writing that the hummers seemed less territorial, I took this picture and sure looks like this rufous came out on the short end of a” jousting” session. I have seen hummers with chest wounds once or twice, but never got
a clear shot of the damage.
Jay, thanks for the information on the tanager. I didn’t think about the difference in the vibrancy of the color. I’ve never been in the right place at the right time to observe juvenile tanagers. The sighting was a real gift, since it
dropped into the middle of the lesser goldfinch flock and landed on the flower stalk closest to me. Was only around for a couple of minutes.
Thanks for sharing the nice photos of the birds. I appreciate Jay’s detailed explanation which is interesting and informative. It’s good for me to learn how to observe more closely. Thanks to both of you!
Subject: Re: [IBLE] Yellow-throated Warbler at Swan Falls (Ada co)
Thank you Pat .. It was a lot of +EV, having the control ring on the lens to adjust the EV while looking through the viewfinder with a live histogram helps, center weighted metering and just had to let the bright spots through the leaves blow out.
On Sep 23, 2022, at 6:32 AM, Pat McGrane <pcm510@…> wrote:
Ken,
Those are nice photos. I found it very difficult to photograph this bird in the dark shadows of the big trees. You nailed it.
Subject: Re: [IBLE] Yellow-throated Warbler at Swan Falls (Ada co)
Last photo at 1:01 PM 9-22-22 … with Yellow-rumped Warbler and Mountain Chickadees … moving around the Swan Falls park but kept returning to the trees around the small 4 vehicle parking area just past the rock wall on the left (the cliff side).
Wow! I would see this when my wife is on her way to pick up dinner and she will have the vehicle again tomorrow she has clean up laser eye surgery tomorrow at 8:20 AM she drives herself
there and back and may get home in time for me to go look for it mid day.
Details on eBird and just posted to Facebook (Idaho Bird Sightings & Discussion) but JB Peck found this at Swan Falls dam!
He says, “Yellow-throated warbler at swan falls park today at around 12:30! It was roving through the locust trees and a big catalpa towards the back of the park near the rock wall.”
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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
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
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
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
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
Yes to the Orange-crowned (mid to late Sept is peak migration timing for them) and this is an immature male tanager … age based on the combination of quite fresh feathers & the date (adults from this area migrate before molting so have worn feathers in late summer; and they also migrate almost exclusively before mid-August) – and male because of the overall brightness and the contrast between the bright yellow upper wing bar and duller, whitish lower wing bar (young females duller overall & have both wings bars pretty dull).
Had two visitors to our yard yesterday. The female western tanager was with a flock of lesser goldfinches. I believe the other is an orange crowned warbler, but would appreciate any other ideas. Viewing light and angle were not optimum.
Hummers are thinning out and the ones left are not nearly as territorial as earlier in the season.
