Re: [mou-net] "Boreal" chickadee photo on Recently Seen

2011-07-06 Thread
I have previously posted two photos of a luecistic Black-capped Chickadee at https://picasaweb.google.com/danerika/Titmice This was a juvenile bird that molted into a normal adult plumage. dan On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Paul Budde wrote: > In addition to the brown caps, note the aberra

Re: [mou-net] "Boreal" chickadee photo on Recently Seen

2011-07-06 Thread Paul Budde
In addition to the brown caps, note the aberrant bill lengths of both Dave Batchelor's photo from Meeker County and the bird on the Cornell website. Cornell:http://www.birds.cornell.edu/crows/brown-headed%20chickadee.htm MOU:http://moumn.org/cgi-bin/recent.pl Paul Paul Budde

Re: [mou-net] "Boreal" chickadee photo on Recently Seen

2011-07-06 Thread Terence Brashear
I found the following post about similar birds being seen: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/crows/brown-headed%20chickadee.htm Looks like this is more prevalent that I would have imagined. Terry Brashear Hennepin County, MN http://www.naturepixels.com birdnird AT yahoo.com --- On Wed, 7/6/11, La

Re: [mou-net] "Boreal" chickadee photo on Recently Seen

2011-07-06 Thread Larry Sirvio
Rather than removing such an interesting pic why not just rename it? I doubt many have seen a bird like this before. Larry S To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: [mou-net] "Boreal" chickadee photo on Recently Seen Before it is removed from Recently Seen, the photo of an aberrant Black-capped Chi

[mou-net] Henslow's Sparrow, Le Sueur County

2011-07-06 Thread Williams, Bob
At 9:30 I heard a Henslow's Sparrow calling just south of Kasota Prairie SNA on the east side of 367 Ave Bob Williams Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -- "The information in this electronic mail message is the sender's confidential b

[mou-net] Deadlines & Invitations

2011-07-06 Thread Dan & Sandy Thimgan
A Deadline: Here is a reminder for prospective contributors of articles and photographs to the September/October 2011 issue of Minnesota Birding newsletter. The upcoming deadline looms: July 20, 2011 Please send articles for consideration to: newslet...@moumn.org Keep sending those wonder

Re: [mou-net] "Boreal" chickadee photo on Recently Seen

2011-07-06 Thread Stevan Hawkins
Jim: Almost all of us southern birders would have IDed that bird as a Boreal Chickadee. I amazed by how much better of a job the Stokes national field guide depicts Boreal Chickadee than the Crossley field guide does. Thanks! Steve Stevan Hawkins San Antonio TX -Original Message-