ID quiz

[Smith, Michael]

Found these guys in a high-bush blueberry at Green Point Dresden, and one of the parents sneaking away trying not to be too obvious (so I know what species it is).

 

So, for your mid-summer breeding bird amusement… what is the species?  For scale those are unripe blueberries in the foreground.  You can see there is still one unhatched egg in there too.

 

PS if you saw this on Facebook in the MaineBirds group don’t give it away…

 

 

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Michael Smith MS GISP
State GIS Manager, Maine Office of GIS
State of Maine, Office of Information Technology
michael.smith _at_ maine.gov 207-215-5530

Board Member, Maine GeoLibrary
Education Chair, Maine GIS Users Group
State Rep, National States Geographic Information Council


State House Station 145
51 Commerce Drive
Augusta, ME 04333-0145
69^o 47' 58.9"W  44^o 21' 54.8"N

[Smith, Michael]

Bill wins

 

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Michael Smith MS GISP
State GIS Manager, Maine Office of GIS
State of Maine, Office of Information Technology
michael.smith _at_ maine.gov 207-215-5530

Board Member, Maine GeoLibrary
Education Chair, Maine GIS Users Group
State Rep, National States Geographic Information Council


State House Station 145
51 Commerce Drive
Augusta, ME 04333-0145
69^o 47' 58.9"W  44^o 21' 54.8"N

From: Bill Sheehan [mailto:bill.j....@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 2:14 PM
To: Smith, Michael
Subject: Re: [Maine-birds] ID quiz

 

Harrison says for Black-billed Cuckoo:

 

"Nest: loosely built cup...rounded with many projecting twig ends.... lined with dried grass, leaves, flowering stems".  "Usually low."

"egg: light blue, blueish green..."

"Altricial.   Almost naked, skin black with sparse, coarse white hairs....  There is a complex pattern of white papillae inside the mouth.  Tongue with black edges at tip."  

 

Plus Cuckoos are sneaky as you described.

 

Still owe you a twelve pack!

 

B

 

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[Mike Fahay]

Yeah...but how many blueberries did you score?

mf