White-winged Junco candidate 3+white retraces - Michigan US (1 Viewer)

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chipperatl

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• Dec 7, 2019

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White-winged Junco candidate 3+white retrices - Michigan US

I had this bird from Feb 6th to April 2nd in 2019. Wing-bars visible to the naked eye. Bird was very easy to spot for me due to the color being more blue-gray than what I normally see around here, plus the wing-bars. I did get one shot in which it shows 3 white tail feathers, with 10-20% white on r3. I've reached out to some others on this bird also and received a few responses. Nothing definitive yet, other than our local Slate-colored are 60% max white on r4, with nothing on r3.

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Nutcracker

Stop Brexit!

• Dec 7, 2019

• #2

Does also look large, and (particularly in pic 1) large-billed, which strengthens the case for White-winged :t:

 

Microtus

Maryland USA (he/him)

• Dec 8, 2019

• #3

Here are a couple of resources that might be of interest:
https://www.thespruce.com/pictures-of-juncos-4121961
http://www.azfo.net/gallery/2013/html01/WWJU_GRCAHearst_Gatlin_13_December_2012.html

 

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birdmeister

Well-known member

• Dec 8, 2019

• #4

A very solid set of pictures there! I think it looks good for "White-winged".

 

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chipperatl

Well-known member

• Dec 8, 2019

• #5

Thanks everyone. @Microtus - I have tried to contact Christian Nunes via Flickr as his name popped up on a few articles I've researched. Hopefully I can have enough convincing evidence to convict the Records Committee.

 

Microtus

Maryland USA (he/him)

• Dec 8, 2019

• #6

chipperatl said:

Thanks everyone. @Microtus - I have tried to contact Christian Nunes via Flickr as his name popped up on a few articles I've researched. Hopefully I can have enough convincing evidence to convict the Records Committee.

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And convince them too!

Good luck! It looks plausible to me, especially after viewing your blog photos which for some reason I only realized existed today.

 

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chipperatl

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• Dec 8, 2019

• #7

Microtus said:

And convince them too!

Good luck! It looks plausible to me, especially after viewing your blog photos which for some reason I only realized existed today.

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Freud is smiling. Feels like preparing for a Thesis defense, or trial.

 

Microtus

Maryland USA (he/him)

• Dec 9, 2019

• #8

chipperatl said:

Freud is smiling. Feels like preparing for a Thesis defense, or trial.

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I bet. This could be a first state record? That would be nervous making.

 

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chipperatl

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• Dec 9, 2019

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Microtus said:

I bet. This could be a first state record? That would be nervous making.

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eBird has one record East of the Mississippi, from Massachusetts. In my research there may be records from Wisconsin, Tennessee and Indiana. This bird is not prone to vagrancy, but the records from California, Oregon and Texas are almost as far away from their normal range as where this bird was seen.