I photographed a Cape May Warbler ~25 meters into the dog leg at Camas NWR this morning that was found by Theresa Mathis accompanied by kit struthers and Theresa meachum. It’s foraging pretty tightly where it was found.
It looks like your lean is correct. The first and easiest ID mark is not as clear in these images and that is the color of the undertail coverts yellow on Lesser and white on American.
I was wondering if someone could tell me if this is a Lesser or an American Goldfinch. (Photos attached) Last year I ID’d a Lesser Goldfinch within 1/4 mile of where this one was found in North Meridian. I’m leaning toward the Lesser because of the color of the bill and the yellow by its cloaca.
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
It looks like your lean is correct. The first and easiest ID mark is not as clear in these images and that is the color of the undertail coverts yellow on Lesser and white on American.
I was wondering if someone could tell me if this is a Lesser or an American Goldfinch. (Photos attached) Last year I ID’d a Lesser Goldfinch within 1/4 mile of where this one was found in North Meridian. I’m leaning toward the Lesser because of the color of the bill and the yellow by its cloaca.
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
Was wondering if someone could ID this goldfinch. (photos attached) I was wondering if it is an American or a Lesser. I have ID’d a male Lesser last year within a 1/4 of a mile from the site where I found this one. I’m leaning toward Lesser because of the coloration of the bill and the area near the cloaca is light yellow…but then I am far from a good birder.
I was wondering if someone could tell me if this is a Lesser or an American Goldfinch. (Photos attached) Last year I ID’d a Lesser Goldfinch within 1/4 mile of where this one was found in North Meridian. I’m leaning toward the Lesser because of the color of the bill and the yellow by its cloaca.
Have always thought a great research project for a field ornithologist Master’s degree student would be studying local patterns of migration. I don’t see as many reports from Camas as in yrs past. But, could used to read observations from Camas & know that I would be seeing same bird species in a week to 10 days at my location. Has always seemed to me that there’s an East to West pattern of migration along the Snake River Riparian area. Even though I use Blackfoot as my “location”, am somewhat outside of town to the SW. Now, reading bird observations from Idaho Falls & eastward, noting same trend in bird arrival timing at my area.
Alas, I just wish migration numbers were what I used to see 3-4 decades ago…
Brian Carrigan Blackfoot
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