Yes, Duane Nelson, thanks for that pic and your description.
I have no photos, but based on this thread and Duane's description, I'm now
convinced that what I had identified as a female Cassin's Finch on 10/25-27 in
our back yard was actually a Purple. Present 3 days but only for very brief
Hi All,
I think the description of a dark M on the back for a juvenile Sabine's
gull makes perfect sense, and is both helpful and descriptive for newer
birders. It is a common term when used in relation to Sabine's Gulls in
juvenile plumage, and I see no need for a change of the lexicon.
Also yet the Sibley app states "pied wing pattern resembles dark M of other
species" in description of Juvenile Sabine's Gull, but let us note that the
juvenile wing pattern is the same as the adult wing pattern.
Ira Sanders
Golden, CO
On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 4:32 PM Charles Hundertmark
wrote:
What a FANTASTIC comparison picture! Thanks for sharing!
I saw the female Purple today in Broomfield. What a treat; used to see them all
the time when I lived in Western WA.
Susan Rosine
Brighton, Adams county
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Hi all,
I had a Red-necked Grebe this evening in Brighton (Adams County).
Specifically, the bird was in this unnamed reservoir:
39.951870, -104.853188 which can be accessed by parking here:
39.943753, -104.852972
A little further north there were 3 Common Loons in "Cell No. 3" Reservoir.
Yet, the Cornell app “Merlin” uses the convenient descriptor "Small gull with
distinctive bold "M" pattern on wings in flight, formed by black outer
primaries, white inner flight feathers, and dark back,” in its description of
Sabine’s Gull.
Chuck Hundertmark
Lafayette, CO
> On Oct 28, 2020,
All:
The number of species of "small gulls with an M pattern" that are possible in
Colorado is five: Ross's, Little, Bonaparte's, and Black-headed gulls and
Black-legged Kittiwake. The "M pattern" refers to the "M" described by the dark
primaries and the stripe of dark crossing the otherwise
