On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 09:57:37PM -0700, Bruce Dayton scripsit: > Well, I live in California and this was shot just outside of > Sacramento, so it could be that particular bird - me thinks.
And here I was being a turnip and connecting "dayton" in your host name to Ohio. Silly me. Per both the Sibley and the Smithsonian guides, the bicolored (no yellow) blackbird is a regional sub-species of the red-winged blackbird, rather than being its own distinct species. (Since the amount of yellow varies regionally over the whole *large* range of red-winged black birds.) So it's a red-winged either way; it's a just a local, special red-winged. :) -- Graydon -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
