Re: [cobirds] Re: help with bird ID at Big Thompson Ponds SWA

2020-09-05 Thread Joe Roller
It was in September, about a dozen years ago, when a message came to me indirectly that someone had an Arizona Woodpecker visiting her Wheat Ridge feeder. She described it as "a woodpecker, overall brown, with spots. It matches the illustration in my field guide!" Wow, I thought! A possible First

[cobirds] Re: help with bird ID at Big Thompson Ponds SWA

2020-09-05 Thread Caleb A
Hi Bev Yep, I second Joe K. European Starlings have a fairly impressive range of plumages, especially in juveniles and molts. *The birds are happy, and so am I* *~Caleb Alons, Larimer County* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. T

[cobirds] Re: help with bird ID at Big Thompson Ponds SWA

2020-09-05 Thread Joe Kipper
Bev, Both photos show a European Starling! Joe Kipper On Saturday, September 5, 2020 at 1:26:27 PM UTC-6 bhea...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi All, > > I realize that the photo of the bird flying is too blurry for Merlin to > help with identification, but it shows better how the head is a soft tan, > a