Posts for: nealabello
Oct 7, 2017 15:34:48 #
Oct 6, 2017 00:03:45 #
GENorkus wrote:
At first I thought it was some kind of Grosbeak maybe in the bunting group. My thoughts changed when I compared the length of the wing feathers with the pics in my bird book. Overall coloration is an unknown to me. I like to hear something more substantial from a birder. I'm wondering also.
It appears to be a Scaly-breasted Munia which is a native to Malasia and thereabouts. Most likely escaped from somebody's birdcage. They have been seen around California. Several have been seen in the Goleta Slough near Santa Barbara.
Sep 22, 2017 13:09:22 #
Sep 16, 2017 12:50:46 #
It has the look of a Corn-borer but the aircraft references are more creative.
will47 wrote:
Anyone know what this guy is?
Sep 16, 2017 12:31:00 #
It's good to be the Queen! 
Sep 12, 2017 23:52:55 #
Not the best photo but a pretty wild thing
Aug 9, 2017 00:24:14 #
[quote=jerryc41]Not their knobby knees?
Only the old skinny ones have those knees.
Only the old skinny ones have those knees.
Aug 7, 2017 20:44:08 #
dat2ra wrote:
Yes, it's a skipper. Cute li'l fellers. They even have a face.
It may be a Fiery Skipper but don't hold me to it. They are cute . What distinguishes them from moths is their knobby antennae.
Aug 7, 2017 20:40:51 #
John Martin wrote:
A backyard resident any idea of its name?
Nice shot. It is one of the Skippers, which one I don't know
Jul 9, 2017 10:56:23 #
Jul 5, 2017 23:50:20 #
tom99 wrote:
Thank you very much Dee Dee for introducing me to the Skipper butterfly. I did now look it up in Wikipedia and learn it's a butterfly because it's diurnal (daytime active) I guess, but beyond that it gets quite complicated. Sorry I confused matters by mistakenly terming it a "moth". Thanks for your help. BTW, I like the Skipper pic better too. It's too bad there doesn't seem to be a way to edit the mistake out in the initial post that I could find.
You can tell the difference with most of the butterflies in that they have knobby antennae instead of feathery antennae of moths.
Jun 19, 2017 11:15:38 #
Take a look in one of your bird books like Kaufman's Birds of North America or National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America and you will see it called "northern". When I first saw it I also said Bobwhite but checked the guides and Northern was in front of Bobwhite. Bird people have congresses every so often and sit around changing names. Anyway Bobwhite is a good call.
Jun 18, 2017 17:35:33 #
Jun 18, 2017 17:01:52 #
If anyone knows what type it is, please let me know.
Looks like a Northern Bobwhite quail. Nice photo. Very clear
Looks like a Northern Bobwhite quail. Nice photo. Very clear
Jun 12, 2017 11:10:51 #
terry44 wrote:
Sorry you are wrong I lived on Maui for over 7 yea... (show quote)
Sorry to doubt you. I took that picture on Kauai. I go to the Islands every year and ride my bicycle up Haleakala and see the NeNe's up by the visitor center and other places. Been doing that for 25 years and always see the geese look as the picture I took. No Wikipedia shot. I guess what throws me is the fact that I have never seen on with a red bill. Since they are descended form Canada geese, they tend to look like them. Take care and enjoy Maui. We will be there in January.
