Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2000 07:16:03 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Elliot Kirschbaum Subject: Re: Virginia news-Orange Bishop at Huntley Meadows Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" On 6/3/00 9:03 AM Rob (Robert) Hilton said >Has anyone _conclusively_ identified this bird as an Orange Bishop? Orange >(?West Nile Red Bishop I believe someone said is another name) is the only >bishop portrayed in the 3rd edition National Geographic field guide but >there are several other species of bishops in Africa. > >I found last weekend that the orange feathers are difficult to see, so it >seems likely to me that this is the same bird each time. The "traces of >breeding plumage" are single orange-ish feathers here and there, and a very >small patch near the base of the tail. I saw the bird in queestion on May 31. I had a very close look though the visitor center window. I was only inches away from the bird, and could not see any orange feathers. Cute little thing though. I also saw the Mississippi Kite. Elliot Kirschbaum Baltimore, MD USA mailto:ekirschb@bcpl.net ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================