I put up a few old photos from US trips here http://www.flickr.com/photos/breffni/ but someone emailed me to say that several of the id's were off without saying which - anything look wrong here? Thanks in advance!
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the "juv" barn swallow is here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/breffni/sets/72157611179653696/
the other doubtful bird might be the peewee, though at the time i was sure heard it call...
i think the goosanders are good...
the other doubtful bird might be the peewee, though at the time i was sure heard it call...
i think the goosanders are good...
Peter C.
...just zis guy, you know?
The peewee could be an Eastern Phoebe -- more likely given the habitat, but I can't see enough of it to be sure. What time of year was it? Spring Phoebes don't normally show wing bars, but a fresh-plumaged bird will show "rusty" bars like the subject bird.
At the top of page 6, there's a young Northern Rough-winged Swallow labelled Tree Swallow (note breast colour).
Peter C.
Thanks - seen in June - id was partly based on call - though there were many birds calling at the time (early morning) - the habitat was woodland with open areas of grassland. Bird only used the fence momentarily to flycatch...
Aha - i think the mis-id'd tree swallow must be the mistake - thanks again! I guess that the juv barn swallow is good?
Peter C.
...just zis guy, you know?
Well, I don't like to say much about birds that I wasn't present for ... especially if the call was part of the ID! But the posture, head shape, and wing bars all point towards phoebe for me.
(FYI Birderbf: Image is on the bottom row of page three of the overall listing).
I think the photo labelled juv. Barn Swallow is also a Rough-wing. Not as well marked as the first, but has that look about it.
Peter C.
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Mark Andrews
Thanks! Probably wishful thinking as i have phoebe already! The pewee/phoebe is here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/breffni/page3/
and another shot of same attached...
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Thanks i think you're right but any other candidates possible? and why does it have the reddish orange on the tips of wings? artifact of light?
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Peter C.
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Nope. Unmoulted juvvy coverts. Not sure, but NRWS may be the only NA swallow that has that colour in the juv.
Only other candidate (and it's not this) in the area that looks similar is good old Riparia riparia - the Sand Martin, a.k.a. Bank Swallow. I expect you'd recognize that one...
Peter C.
Thanks - NRWS it must be then! Indeed i would know a riperia riperia - i have a few hundred nesting down the lane from my house...
any thoughts on the pewee/phoebe?
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cavan wood
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Agree with the others that this is an eastern phoebe. All dark bill, posture, dark head, habitat, and if you can remember, it was probably bobbing its tail repeatedly.
Scott
Thanks everyone - I suppose i'll have to wait until my next trip to get wood pewee!
Peter C.
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Here's how you do it, on your next trip across the pond: Early one morning, go find a woodlot - mixed hardwood is best - that's absolutely alive with mozzies. Walk into the middle of it, getting eaten alive in the process. Stop and wait quietly for a few minutes. :cat:
Almost inevitably* - in such a spot - you will, in those few minutes, hear something that says "pyuee-eeeer!" That's it. :t:
Now all you have to do (if you want a visual) is find a small olive thing, perched motionless in the dappled green shade, while fighting off clouds of mosquitoes - can be a challenge.
Cheers,
Peter C.
*(Note: provided you're here in late spring/early summer, that is.)
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