[cobirds] melanotis Bushtits in Colo.

Hey, all. Sorry for the delayed response here. Life. Work. Birds. Anyhow, always wondrous to see COBirds content on bushtits. (It's melanotis with an i, by the bye; no biggie.)

You actually can force in melanotis (as Eric DeFonso noted earlier for forcing Mountain Pipit!), but you have to do so through the "Add Species" button. Like this:

Of course, eBird reviewers will want to take a look at what you got, and, of course, they will go careful/"conservative" on any reports here of melanotis—not only because there is (literally) much gray area between plumbeus bushtits (ours) and melanotis, but also because there is considerable question as to what the heck melanotis even is. But with that out of the way, please, please, please: If you think you got one, eBird it, upload a photo, provide a few comments, and let the reviewers worry about the ontological and theological dimensions of your contribution.

Here's a bit of wild conjecture about melanotis bushtits in Colorado:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7jA-KJ6RCM&t=1750s

Ted Floyd

Lafayette, Boulder Co.

On Sun, Jul 2, 2023 at 4:12 PM Mary Kay Waddington <waddingtonmk@gmail.com> wrote:

Had a melanotus (black-eared) bushtit today.  I don't know how rare these are, but this is the first one I've seen in Colorado.  eBird doesn't have that listed as a subspecies on its checklists so  it's hard to know how common they are.  But it was lovely to see.

Mary Kay Waddington

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