Douglas County ID question
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Mary Kay Waddington
Apr 10, 2020, 9:53:44 PM4/10/20
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A non-birder acquaintance in Parker sent me this photo wondering what it was. Given that it's too distant and blurry to see vital things like bill-shape, tail shape, head markings, or even size --it's a bit of a challenge. Any thoughts after you zoom in? It looks a bit to me like a Dickcissel -- possible? Or a Meadowlark without the usual posture and part of V obscured?
Mary Kay Waddington
Joe Kipper
Apr 11, 2020, 12:11:58 AM4/11/20
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Looks like Western Meadowlark. The shape is perfect, it is very bright yellow on the front, and if you look close, the dark "V" that you mentioned is visible!
Joe Kipper
Fort Collins
Karl Stecher Jr.
Apr 11, 2020, 3:01:42 AM4/11/20
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w(?) meadowlark
agree part of V is thinned
meadowlark shape...bulk, tail size and shape compared with body
Karl Stecher
Aurora/Arapahoe
"Solitary man" (with regards to joe Roller and his California Dreamin' reference)
no migrants of note at my town home
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Subject: [cobirds] Douglas County ID question
A non-birder acquaintance in Parker sent me this photo wondering what it was. Given that it's too distant and blurry to see vital things like bill-shape, tail shape, head markings, or even size --it's a bit of a challenge. Any thoughts after you zoom in? It looks a bit to me like a Dickcissel -- possible? Or a Meadowlark without the usual posture and part of V obscured?
Mary Kay Waddington
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Norm Erthal
Apr 11, 2020, 4:34:34 PM4/11/20
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Meadowlark
Scott
Apr 11, 2020, 5:59:57 PM4/11/20
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Its a Meadowlark, most likely a Western Meadowlark,
Scott Rashid
Estes Park
On 4/10/2020 7:53 PM, Mary Kay
Waddington wrote:
A non-birder acquaintance in Parker sent me this photo wondering what it was. Given that it's too distant and blurry to see vital things like bill-shape, tail shape, head markings, or even size --it's a bit of a challenge. Any thoughts after you zoom in? It looks a bit to me like a Dickcissel -- possible? Or a Meadowlark without the usual posture and part of V obscured?
Mary Kay Waddington
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