[cobirds] Not empid, then Greater versus Western Pewee

I didn't think my bird was a Western Pewee not only because of the size of the bill but because Western Pewee's don't have all organish/yellowish lower mandibles per Birds of North America online (also not in my experience): "Upper mandible is black; lower mandible is mostly black, or black-tipped, pale toward base. Gape yellow" 

BNA says the following about Greater Pewee bill that is consistent with the bird I photographed yesterday:  "Upper mandible dusky brown to nearly black, lower mandible yellowish to orange, mouth lining vivid orange"  BNA also says, "Eastern (C. virens) and Western wood-pewees are smaller with olive-brown plumage, shorter tails, no crest (only slightly peaked crown), and proportionately smaller bills."

SeEtta Moss
Canon City
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On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 9:14 PM, SeEtta Moss <seettam@gmail.com> wrote:

Nick,
The only pewee I have seen with that large of a bill is a Greater Pewee that I photographed in McAllen, Texas and this bird reminded me of that one but it seemed very unlikely. 

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