MichelleOhio
Well-known member
Can anyone explain what appears to be a shadow from the branch on the tail? I can see this bird from the front and back. Something about this still says from the front to me...and a lot of it is that shadow.
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Unknown bird Malheur, Oregon, USA (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter BillB
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That shadow is from the left wing of the bird.
unknown bird. the bird i saw did not have any color on head or body, but shiny
dark black. size small like house rein. bright florescent yellow/orange under 2/3rds way down through to inside bottom tail. bright color on flight! the bird before flight appears only to be all shiny black all over until flight!
thank you, spike1981o
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dark black. size small like house rein. bright florescent yellow/orange under 2/3rds way down through to inside bottom tail. bright color on flight! the bird before flight appears only to be all shiny black all over until flight!
thank you, spike1981o
ounknown bird.
i was on more than 6 feet from bird, beautiful. bird has visited feeder twice. i am trying to capture photo on return to feeder!
thank you, spike1981
i was on more than 6 feet from bird, beautiful. bird has visited feeder twice. i am trying to capture photo on return to feeder!
thank you, spike1981
dacol
Well-known member
I know what you mean, it also threw me off. But that shadow is not from the branch on which the bird is perched. To the left of the bird there is a small branch pointing to the left (of the viewer), that little branch has a small companion that points a bit to the right, somewhat downwards and out of the plane of the picture. The shadow on the tail comes from that 2nd small branch which provides further evidence that we are seeing the backside of the bird. Notice the shadow of the left branch on the bird too.
Dalcio
Whooping Crone
Well-known member
I'm traveling so my monitor is ---- not great. But with all due respect, even without being able to view the pic well, this is seems to be a frontal shot of a young barn swallow.
Juvie barn swallows do not have the "swallow tail" yet and they have a broad dark breast band. Barn swallows are also breeding by the merry kerjillions in the barn at P Ranch.
Cannot spend tons of time searching - but this barn swallow image should explain all the field marks we see in the pictured bird.
http://naturalistsnote.wordpress.com/2011/02/22/bearing-up-in-new-york-city/barn-swallows/
Juvie barn swallows do not have the "swallow tail" yet and they have a broad dark breast band. Barn swallows are also breeding by the merry kerjillions in the barn at P Ranch.
Cannot spend tons of time searching - but this barn swallow image should explain all the field marks we see in the pictured bird.
http://naturalistsnote.wordpress.com/2011/02/22/bearing-up-in-new-york-city/barn-swallows/
stonechat1
New member
Whooping Crone, you´re wrong. It´s a Bullock.
