Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 13:07:41 GMT Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Bob Boxwell Subject: Re: Passerine ID -Vireo?? Not white-eye Vireo Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Young white-eyed vireos have grey eyes as young red-eyes have brown. It nice to have a fairly easy way to identify hatch year birds easier for banders, for which I am grateful. Bob Boxwell Dameron,Md > >I forgot to mention the dark eyes on this bird. The nape, according to my >field note, was also green/olive, rather than grey-green/grey. I think >this >rules out WEVI, but my knowledge is incomplete. Do young WEVI's have da rk >eyes? > >Brian > > >> > Perhaps someone could help me with this ID. Sunday, Sept 24, in >>Worcester >> > Co. Maryland, I pulled in an odd passerine using a screech owl tape. I >> > got >> > very good looks of this bird from 30-40 feet, but no pictures (no >> > camera!). >> > When the bird first flew in, I was reminded almost immediately of a >>vireo >> > from its jizz. It sat, silent, and looked at me, hopped to another >> > branch, >> > and continued to peer at me. No call notes, no manic flitting as I >>would >> > expect from a warbler. >> > >> > The bird had yellow lores extending back to an eye ring of the same >>color. >> > Both the lores and the eye ring were obvious, but not bold. The bil l >>was >> > distinctly vireo like, though sometimes it appeared to be thinner, m uch >> > more >> > "Vermivora" warbler shaped. The flanks and undertail coverts were >>yellow. >> > This is the confounding part, howerver: The throat and belly were >>white. >> > Any ideas? >> > >> > I am not discounting the idea that my observations may have been >> > inaccurate, >> > however, as I said before, I got very good looks at this bird from >>30-40 >> > feet for a good 2-3 minutes. >> > >> > So far, Yellow-Throated vireo and Pine warbler (imm. 1st fall male) are >> > the >> > only contenders. Commentary? >> > >> > Brian >> > >> > Brian C. Monk, DVM >> > 2214 Old Emmorton Rd >> > Bel Air MD >> > 410 569 7777 >> > monkdvm@hotmail.com >> > "Good ... Bad ... I'm the guy with the gun." >> > >> > >>_______________________________________________________________________ __ >> > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at >>http://www.hotmail.com. >> > >> > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at >> > http://profiles.msn.com. > >________________________________________________________________________ _ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > >Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at >http://profiles.msn.com. > >======================== =============================================== >To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com >with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey >======================== =============================================== _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. ======================================================================== To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================== ==========================================================================