Date: 1/17/13 10:14 am
From: Tim Carney <timmyc83...>
Subject: Re: [MDBirding] Re: Hoary Redpoll Garrett County


This is why Google Groups needs to make a "split threads" option available to administrators.

If anyone responds re: redpolls, please start a new topic altogether. This is really interesting information buried beneath my much less interesting inquiry :)

Tim Carney
Baltimore/Anne Arundel

On Thursday, January 17, 2013 12:51:20 PM UTC-5, Richard Edden wrote:
> Is there an off-list discussion going on about these birds? �I don't know redpolls, but my impression from trawling ebird is that Hoary tend to show up as occasional birds in Common flocks. �
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> I am surprised there hasn't been any reply to this post. �I'd love to hear the thoughts of someone more knowledgeable than I... are people being quiet and accepting, or quiet and skeptical?
> I hope this won't ruffle any feathers.
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> On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 9:05 AM, Carol and Joe McDaniel <mcdani......> wrote:
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> I went by the pictures in iBird and in comparing to Sibley see that the Common and Hoary are far closer than iBird shows. �Another picture not posted previously seems to show the band between the bill and eye for the Hoary: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/67275536/P1020103.JPG; the other pictures are here, too: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/67275536/P1020099.JPG
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