Re: [cobirds] Updates on the Boulder Ibis?

During a seven day trip to the Finger Lakes NY in late May, 

Merlin seemed to confuse vireos at hot spots in Ithaca, NY  (Mulholland Wildflower Preserve, Six Mile Creek) , it kept identifying the 2/3 note vireos as alternately Red-eyed and Philadelphia Vireo, but I 

believe most/all  of them to be Red-eyed in the areas I was birding.   So I am interested to encourage Eric to write about vireo songs as well.   Merlin was able to ID Blue-headed Vireo correctly in Tompkins County,

NY, based on some limited use for seven days. 

Is there any effort to categorize which species Merlin confuses at this time, to aid the user?  

In Boulder County, it seems to report  Indigo Bunting when the singing bird is a  Lazuli Bunting, frequently,  in hot spots like South Mesa Trail. 

Patricia Cullen

Longmont, CO 

On Saturday, June 4, 2022 at 12:34:19 PM UTC-6 Eric DeFonso wrote:

Thank you to everyone who responded – I was successful in finding the white ibis. Exactly as advertised, five stars!

Eric DeFonso
near Lyons, CO
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> On Jun 4, 2022, at 11:54 AM, William H Kaempfer <William....@colorado.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi Eric,
>
> No news on WHIB in Boulder from me, although I did see three or four today near by home--in Safety Florida. Well, I see them just about every day when I'm here.
>
> Your finch song article was great--I've enjoyed all of your pieces and let Peter know that. It made me think that you might want to try vireos at some point in the future. I know there are only the two common front range breeders, but Red-eyed, Gray, and Bells are state breeders, too.
>
> I'm just back from a trip to Tawas Point, Michigan where Merlin kept identifying 2/3 note vireos as alternately Red-eyed and Philadelphia. I don't think I put down more than one Philly that I didn't also see.
>
> There are a couple of other interesting twists with vireos, too. One is difference in song in recently split species (like the Solitaries) or potentially split species (like Warbling). Another is difference in loudness--to me Red-eyed always seems gentle and soft spoken where as Yellow-throated is loud and Yellow-green is really loud. And then there are the alarm calls. When birders are pishing I think we are really mimicking a Yellow-throated or Blue-headed or Red-eyed's alarm call, whether we know it or not.
>
> Just something for you to consider.
>
> Bill
> Safety Harbor, FL
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> Subject: [cobirds] Updates on the Boulder Ibis?
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> If anyone has updates on the White ibis in Boulder today, please let me know. I'm currently driving back to the area after being away for nearly a month. Thank you!
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> Eric DeFonso
> near Lyons, CO
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