I’m very pleased that there are now 40 reports of the juvenile Long-tailed Jaeger from Boyd Lake in eBird. Reviewing images I see now that this bird is not a dark morph but rather a darker intermediate morph based on the extensive white spotting and barring on the underwing and undertail coverts. For example see images in this checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S148409085.
And a plug for submitting rare bird reports. Once I logged in to the Colorado Bird Records Committee website (accessed via Cobirds.org), I selected “Submit eBird Checklist”. The process took about 5 minutes. By the way the last Long-tailed Jaeger reported to eBird from Boyd Lake was an adult in mid-September 2014, found by Andy Bankert. Nick Komar Fort Collins Big Year Blog—https://biggestyear2023.blogspot.com > On Aug 29, 2023, at 6:36 AM, Nicholas Komar <quetza...@comcast.net> wrote: > > A juvenile Long-tailed Jaeger just flew over Boyd Lake swim beach. Seems to > be hanging around. > > Nick Komar > Paul Gordy -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/B1F3047F-4ACF-4E62-8908-40F9E0125C73%40comcast.net.
