Yesterday I also found a female Williamson's Sapsucker on the Canon City Riverwalk near the location I saw the possible Greater Pewee. I saw one today also and it about a quarter mile east of where I saw one yesterday, may be the same bird.
In the past several days I have seen several Black Phoebes, at least 2 Eastern Phoebes and likely two Black X Eastern hybrid phoebes on the Canon City Riverwalk between the Sell's Lake parking lot and Raynolds Ave.
Today I saw 2 MacGillivray's Warblers, both females. Lots of Wilson's Warblers moving through, seeing adult males more. Still some Yellow Warblers though numbers diminished. And there was a big push of migrating Western Tanagers--I saw 25-30 in less than an hour!
If you come down to look for the possible Greater Pewee, be aware there are a good number of Western Wood-Pewees moving through and many are not calling.
Note: The Canon City Riverwalk from MacKenzie to Ash Street hill is still closed off for sewer replacement.
SeEtta Moss
Canon City
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Wednesday, 29 August 2012
[cobirds] Re: Greater Pewee
Nick,
Thanks for sticking with me on this one.
As I noted in my first post, I knew this bird was very unusual and took a lot of photos before it flew off. I have gone back through them and found one showing more of a crest, another characteristic of a Greater Pewee, and added it to my Birds and Nature blog.
The bird was on the Canon City Riverwalk near the west side of the sewer district fence and across from the ropes course. Access this location by taking 9th Street south off of H50 (in middle of town), then go across Arkansas River to Sell's Ave. Turn left (only choice) on Sell's Ave and follow it to end which is the parking lot to Canon City Riverwalk. Take trail on bluff side to where it divides, take left trail to trail that begins at vault toilet. Follow this center trail towards sewer district fence. I saw the bird 50 feet west of the fence then it flew inside the fenced area.
Be sure to bring some strong insect repellent. After relatively small numbers of mosquitos all summer, they have increased tremendously in past 3 days.
SeEtta Moss
Canon City
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Thanks for sticking with me on this one.
As I noted in my first post, I knew this bird was very unusual and took a lot of photos before it flew off. I have gone back through them and found one showing more of a crest, another characteristic of a Greater Pewee, and added it to my Birds and Nature blog.
The bird was on the Canon City Riverwalk near the west side of the sewer district fence and across from the ropes course. Access this location by taking 9th Street south off of H50 (in middle of town), then go across Arkansas River to Sell's Ave. Turn left (only choice) on Sell's Ave and follow it to end which is the parking lot to Canon City Riverwalk. Take trail on bluff side to where it divides, take left trail to trail that begins at vault toilet. Follow this center trail towards sewer district fence. I saw the bird 50 feet west of the fence then it flew inside the fenced area.
Be sure to bring some strong insect repellent. After relatively small numbers of mosquitos all summer, they have increased tremendously in past 3 days.
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 10:49 PM, Nick Komar <quetzal65@comcast.net> wrote:
SeEtta, I am with you on this one. That bill is way too big for a Wood-Pewee. My vote is Greater Pewee. This bird is not on the Colorado list, to my knowledge, but it is long overdue. Is it fairly common not too far away in southeast AZ. Great find. Better share which section of the Riverwalk you were on. Hopefully, it will show up again, especially with many eyes looking for it.
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[cobirds] Greater Pewee
SeEtta, I am with you on this one. That bill is way too big for a Wood-Pewee. My vote is Greater Pewee. This bird is not on the Colorado list, to my knowledge, but it is long overdue. Is it fairly common not too far away in southeast AZ. Great find. Better share which section of the Riverwalk you were on. Hopefully, it will show up again, especially with many eyes looking for it.
Nick Komar
Fort Collins CO
From: SeEtta Moss
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 10:17 PM
To: Nick Komar
Subject: 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
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Personal blog @ http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com
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"
[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
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Personal blog @ http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com
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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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[cobirds] Rose-breasted Grosbeak--Lakewood/Jeffco
Migrants continue to make it through the backyard here in Green Mtn/Lakewood. Today, I had a immature male Rose-breasted Grosbeak, several Western Tanagers, and a possible female Indigo Bunting. The Rose-breasted Grosbeak never visited the platform feeder a few feet away but stayed an hour eating Golden Elder berries. In the afternoon I was able to see the Little Blue Heron at Lowell ponds. If you go looking for thr bird make sure to park in the parking lot that is on the south side of the river. The bird was on the pond on your left. Photos of both the Little Blue Heron and Rose-breasted Grosbeak can be seen in the gallery below:
http://jaeger29.smugmug.com/BIRDS/RARE-AND-UNCOMMON-2012/20954977_HSMsV3#!i=2056079180&k=SkcM762
Mark Chavez
Lakewood-Green Mtn
http://jaeger29.smugmug.com/
http://jaeger29.smugmug.com/BIRDS/RARE-AND-UNCOMMON-2012/20954977_HSMsV3#!i=2056079180&k=SkcM762
Mark Chavez
Lakewood-Green Mtn
http://jaeger29.smugmug.com/
[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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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."
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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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Re: [cobirds] Flycatcher in Canon City with very long and wide bill, a Traill's??
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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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.
SeEtta Moss
Canon City
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On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 8:55 PM, Nick Komar <quetzal65@comcast.net> wrote:
-- SeEtta, the photos in your blog document (in my mind) very nicely an Eastern Wood-Pewee. Very long wings, dull wing-bars, all yellow mandible, and uniform pale underparts. The bill is a pewee bill, too large for any empid, I believe. I have a photo of one from Missouri on-line here: http://www.pbase.com/quetzal/image/145449093.
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