Does anyone know what kind of bird this is?
Mar 17, 2019 20:14:31 #
Gene51 wrote:
I'm going out on a limb ( 
) and going to suggest it is a Brewer's Blackbird that is not quite an adult, but almost. Or maybe a leucistic variant.
http://sandiegobirdspot.com/brewers-blackbird/
) and going to suggest it is a Brewer's Blackbird that is not quite an adult, but almost. Or maybe a leucistic variant. http://sandiegobirdspot.com/brewers-blackbird/
I would agree except it is too far north for Brewers, meaning two oddities. Gray Jay already a year round resident.
I still vote variation of a Gray Jay.
My usual caveat, been wrong before.
Document your belief in ID please.
Bill
Mar 17, 2019 20:29:26 #
newtoyou wrote:
I would agree except it is too far north for Brewers, meaning two oddities. Gray Jay already a year round resident.
I still vote variation of a Gray Jay.
My usual caveat, been wrong before.
Document your belief in ID please.
Bill
I still vote variation of a Gray Jay.
My usual caveat, been wrong before.
Document your belief in ID please.
Bill
The bill and the eyes are not right for a Gray Jay, are they?
Sibley shows the Brewer's Blackbird (and the Rusty Blackbird) as possible this time of year in southern Wisconsin.
Mike
Mar 17, 2019 21:40:43 #
Blenheim Orange wrote:
The bill and the eyes are not right for a Gray Jay, are they?
Sibley shows the Brewer's Blackbird (and the Rusty Blackbird) as possible this time of year in southern Wisconsin.
Mike
Sibley shows the Brewer's Blackbird (and the Rusty Blackbird) as possible this time of year in southern Wisconsin.
Mike
Shoot. I put on my glasses and looked at range map again. Oops
Two possibles now.
Bill,(no pun intended).
Mar 17, 2019 21:56:38 #
newtoyou wrote:
Shoot. I put on my glasses and looked at range map again. Oops
Two possibles now.
Bill,(no pun intended).
Two possibles now.
Bill,(no pun intended).
Looking through a lot of photos of Common Grackles, I do see some with thicker beaks than others, some looking just like our leucistic bird here.
Mike
Mar 17, 2019 22:21:39 #
Blenheim Orange wrote:
Looking through a lot of photos of Common Grackles, I do see some with thicker beaks than others, some looking just like our leucistic bird here.
Mike
Mike
I have a question of you. You have vaccilated on your ID so I am confused. I know this is all futile, because we do not have specimen in hand. I gave a probable ID and my reasoning. And a documentation. Now the question. Will you do the same?. I am always open to being proven wrong in the name of science, but not in the name of dogma. A reread of these proceedings is confusing, as I said.
Bill
Bill
Mar 18, 2019 00:27:43 #
Mikey69 wrote:
Does anyone know what kind of bird this is?
Finally see the key. Leucistic, yes. Jay no. The diameter of eye to bill height is correct for Blackbirds, Icteridae, of which Grackles are kin. About two times greater for bill in Grackles. Same diameter as bill for Jay.
Bill
Mar 18, 2019 07:43:45 #
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Mar 18, 2019 11:32:20 #
Mikey69 wrote:
Does anyone know what kind of bird this is?
It obviously is a double-breasted seersucker!
Mar 18, 2019 11:42:15 #
Beautiful and sharp. Yes, someone knows but it is not me. Sorry!
Mar 18, 2019 11:58:02 #
Mar 18, 2019 12:07:10 #
crapshooter
Loc: Fox, Alaska
Looks like a Camp Robber to me (gray jay) starting to change over color from younger to older. I've seen them dark grey and real light grey, I'm probably wrong though.
Mar 18, 2019 12:16:27 #
Mar 18, 2019 13:37:03 #
Wow....I have never seen one like this one. It has eyes like a Grackle but colors like one of those Australian species of Magpies.....maybe it's an Albino of the species in your area of Wisconsin....????
Hopefully , somebody will know the answer on this site....a lot of Birders here.
Good Luck and nice to see this one .
Hopefully , somebody will know the answer on this site....a lot of Birders here.
Good Luck and nice to see this one .
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