[cobirds] Re: Not empid, then Greater versus Western Pewee

I have a lot of photographs of Western Wood-Pewee since they are common to the Canon City area and I photographed one this morning within 50 feet of where I photographed the other bird.  I have added that photo to a post on my blog with one of the other bird's photos.  It has a black tip on the lower mandible.  I think the bill looks proportionally smaller.

BTW-the Greater Phoebe I photographed in McAllen,Tx was on their Rare Bird Alert and identity had been confirmed by several highly skilled birders from that area. 

Didn't say it,but the bird I photographed yesterday did not make a sound, naturally.

SeEtta Moss
Canon City
Blogging for Birds and Blooms magazine @ http://birdsandbloomsblog.com/author/seetta-moss/
Personal blog @ http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com

On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 9:44 PM, SeEtta Moss <seettam@gmail.com> wrote:

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" 

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