The Morro Coast Audubon is sponsoring our annual Fall pelagic trip on Saturday, September 21. This year we are sailing from Port San Luis near Avila Beach in...
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Guy McCaskie
guymcc@...
Aug 1, 2002 1:10 am
County Coordinators/Contributors: The Summer Season (1 June through 31 July) is ended, and we solicit reports for inclusion in the Southern Pacific Coast...
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Jan Wasserman
band1ady2000
Jul 31, 2002 11:47 pm
Many years ago (over 10), I caught and banded a male house finch with a deformed bill. I actually was able to find the pictures, and have posted them in the...
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Ed Stonick
estonick
Jul 31, 2002 10:12 pm
Greetings! S-o-o-o many messages about a mere House Finch with an overgrown bill! Must be midsummer! A quick update from Bolsa Chica: The adult Little Blue...
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Kimball Garrett
kimballgarrett
Jul 31, 2002 10:09 pm
Calbirders: If Humboldt Penguins can get to Alaska, they must surely come through California...... And note the speculation below that the bird might head...
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laurence taylor
lgt0128
Jul 31, 2002 6:28 pm
that is a very good job it shows at least some of the breast pattern of a house finch streaked and no streaking on this bird thank you laurence taylor santa...
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Kevin Larson
klcsbird
Jul 31, 2002 2:02 pm
Greetings : Yeah, the new images clear things up a bit. It looks a lot more like House Finch, ssp.narwhalensis. Cheers, Kevin Larson...
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redhead457@...
lcorey95204
Jul 31, 2002 4:30 am
After reading all the comments and looking at the photos, plus enlargements (thanks, Al), I see that this is a sad-looking House Finch with very deformed bill....
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Steve Sosensky
stevesosensky
Jul 31, 2002 4:29 am
Hi Calbirders, It seems some of us are getting a little sloppy with our signatures. Please remember that your full name and city are required at the bottom of...
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Chuq Von Rospach
chuq_ui
Jul 31, 2002 4:13 am
... I have one question. Are we sure there's only ONE? I pulled the photos down to see if I could clean them up in photoshop. Unfortunately, nothing there that...
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mr_storey
Jul 31, 2002 4:01 am
I was informed that I forgot to post my name and city on my previous post. I apologize for the oversight. Ron Storey Petaluma, CA...
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Alvaro Jaramillo
scelorchilus
Jul 31, 2002 3:51 am
Birders: I took the liberty of downloading the photos, changing the contrast and brightness and zooming them up a bit (wonders of Photoshop!) to see if it ...
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HeraldPetrel@...
Jul 31, 2002 3:39 am
Birders I think the bird, again, looks like a House Finch in the enlargement. Plumage looks okay for a worn individual to me and the dark auriculars seem to...
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Kevin Larson
klcsbird
Jul 31, 2002 3:31 am
Greetings, This is a mind bender indeed! If I were to cut off the deformed lower mandible and assume the upper mandible was normal, it looks short, fairly...
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laurence taylor
lgt0128
Jul 31, 2002 2:23 am
This bird has an appearance of a slightly blackened eye. It is hard to see. What I really appreciate is how so many people have helped determine what to look...
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redhead457@...
lcorey95204
Jul 31, 2002 2:23 am
Interesting comments from everyone. The deformed bill theory is a possibility, but I have never seen such in a finch, sparrow or similar passerine. It does...
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Les Chibana
lchibana
Jul 31, 2002 2:21 am
Well, it's certainly interesting how that enlargement changes the way the bird looks to me. Now it's obvious that what appeared to be a high- on the base of...
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mr_storey
Jul 31, 2002 1:52 am
I have posted an enlargement of one of Laurence's pictures of the mystery bird. As you can see in the photo (although fuzzy) the upper mandible is conical,...
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HeraldPetrel@...
Jul 31, 2002 12:34 am
Laurence Looking at the bird more closely on a slightly better monitor (still crappy) helped me see a little more detail. I can't tell for sure, but the bird ...
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laurence taylor
lgt0128
Jul 30, 2002 11:43 pm
The bird has no striping on the breast as found in female and immature House Finches. Although we have had House Sparrows in our yard we have never had a...
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slruck
Jul 30, 2002 11:43 pm
Is it possible that the bird is missing its upper bill? The more I look at it, the more likely that seems. With nothing to work against, the lower mandible...
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HeraldPetrel@...
Jul 30, 2002 8:09 pm
Wow That is indeed an odd-looking bird and I'm not at all surprised at the difficulty in finding a match in the standard field guides. I would have to agree...
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Steve Sosensky
stevesosensky
Jul 30, 2002 7:52 pm
... I agree with Les. There is no way to make an ID from these photos. Laurence, I suggest you take some more photos either using a flash or by increasing your...
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Kimball Garrett
kimballgarrett
Jul 30, 2002 7:50 pm
... thrush-like, ... Folks: The bird clearly has a bill deformity; my monitor isn't spiffy enough for me to be certain, but it looks like either a House Finch...
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Les Chibana
lchibana
Jul 30, 2002 7:20 pm
I think the bird is larger or has a different shape than any of these suggested species. I haven't offered any suggestions because the images don't show...
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redhead457@...
lcorey95204
Jul 30, 2002 6:58 pm
Your bird is definitely an immature something. The bill is very thrush-like, but the size of the bird is finch and warbler size. Likely it's a vereo. Here are...
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Cheri Pillsbury
cheripillsbury
Jul 30, 2002 9:38 am
Hi All, On looking at the Website, I notice Laurence's email address is truncated. It is laurence @sonic.net (take out the space after laurence). Again, the...
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Cheri Pillsbury
cheripillsbury
Jul 30, 2002 8:50 am
Hi All, I am sending this for Laurence Taylor, a fellow DBA member. He hasn't been able to subscribe to this list yet. I've uploaded four of his photos in...
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MiriamEagl@...
miriameaglemon
Jul 29, 2002 8:26 pm
Hi, all! Took some visiting birders from Cleveland (Marcia and Joe) around to a few places today; she was interested in some shorebirds and ducks, so we...
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gema_cotri
Jul 28, 2002 7:29 pm
Dear group colleages, I just wanted to say to you THANKS A LOT!!, your response to the survey I posted last 29 June has been again really good! Now I'm getting...
