Friday Quiz #57
One of the facts I like to point out in the talk of give on avian migration is the fact that during almost any month of the year birds are on the move somewhere in North America. Our quiz bird this week is one that is a northern breeder and yet they have already been sighted in Florida this month. Last week's bird was a juvenile male Black-throated Gray Warbler.
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Jes wonderin . . . how did you mark your shot with a copyright notice? Photoshop plugin?
Posted by: John Mikes | July 20, 2007 10:06 AM
Hi Kevin - would that be a whimbrel?
Posted by: Mary Carlson | July 20, 2007 12:08 PM
Hi Kevin,
Seeing the Whimbrel reminded me of an event many mango seasons ago. Dennise and I were at Smyrna Dunes late one afternoon and I saw this bird that was completely unfamiliar. I looked through a couple of field guides and had about convinced myself that what we had was an Eskimo Curlew, one of the rarest birds in North America. Finally, I picked up the old Audubon guide, the one with all of those awful photos. In it, the description of an immature Whimbrel was so spot on for the bird we'd seen that it kept me from making one of those mistakes that are hard to live down for a long time. One can never have too many field guides.
Posted by: David Hartgrove | July 27, 2007 01:09 AM
You are so right Dave, one can never have too many field guides (and a couple of "desktop references" and an electronic source or three!). I had some folks on the bird walk last week who knew about Hueco Tanks - he'd been stationed at the Army base there. Still have to get there some day.
Posted by: Kevin | July 27, 2007 08:53 AM