Thanks Klemens. Everything looks great for a wild bird. Feathers, claws etc show no sign of being in a cage. Also dates perfect for vagrant Painted Bunting.
Paul Paul Sweet | Department of Ornithology | American Museum of Natural History | Central Park West @ 79th St | NY 10023 | Tel 212 769 5780 | Mob 718 757 5941 On Dec 2, 2015, at 2:00 PM, Klemens Gasser <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Paul, The association was lose and brief and after I posted the European Goldfinches stayed higher in the trees before they left while the Painted Bunting re-appared all by itself on the South slope feeding from ground level to 3' high. It is alone almost all the times. Most of the seasoned birders in Brooklyn have seen it without raising an issue. I would not be capable of telling the difference but here is a photo of the the remiges for your review: Painted Bunting 20151202 Prospect Park Brooklyn IMG_3209<https://flic.kr/p/BADePC> [image]<https://flic.kr/p/BADePC> Painted Bunting 20151202 Prospect Park Brooklyn IMG_...<https://flic.kr/p/BADePC> View on flic.kr<https://flic.kr/p/BADePC> Preview by Yahoo Klemens Gasser, Brooklyn ________________________________ From: Paul R Sweet <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> To: Klemens Gasser <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>; NYSBirds <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2015 1:31 PM Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting in the news Klemens Can you confirm the Painted Bunting was associating with 7 European Goldfinches? If so this casts some doubt on the Bunting being a wild bird no? Paul -----Original Message----- From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Klemens Gasser Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2015 1:20 PM To: NYSBirds Subject: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting in the news Nice article about Painted Bunting and Brooklyn birders today: http://nypost.com/2015/12/02/people-are-losing-their-s-t-over-this-bird/ Klemens Gasser, Brooklyn -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
