Hi Andrew and all,
Banding birds at the Fire Island Lighthouse, I encountered a few juncos with
white wingbars. Invariably they were like Slate-colored hyemalis in other
respects, whereas genuine aikeni White-winged Juncos are much larger and with
significantly more white in the rectrices. In other words, it's a rare but
regular variation among Slate-colored Juncos.
Shai Mitra
Bay Shore
From: bounce-127064654-11143...@list.cornell.edu
[bounce-127064654-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Andrew Block
[ablock22...@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 4, 2023 5:00 PM
To: NYS Birds
Subject: [nysbirds-l] White-winged Juncos
Hi all,
Does anyone know how common Slate-colored Juncos with white wing bars are?
Over the years I've seen a few in NY that have them but otherwise look like
Slate-coloreds. Today I had another I observered for awhile at Ward Acres Park
in New Rochelle that sure looked good for White-winged Juco, but I always have
Slate-coloreds with wing bars in the back of my mind. Any ideas?
Andrew
Andrew Block
Consulting Naturalist
Yonkers, New York
www.flickr.com/photos/conuropsis/albums
--
NYSbirds-L List Info:
Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm>
Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm>
Subscribe, Configuration and
Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm>
Archives:
The Mail
Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html>
Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L>
ABA<http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01>
Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!
--
--
NYSbirds-L List Info:
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm
ARCHIVES:
1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html
2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01
Please submit your observations to eBird:
http://ebird.org/content/ebird/
--