Date: 5/3/24 9:02 am From: Louisa Evers via groups.io <elouisa603...> Subject: Re: [IBLE] Short-billed Dowitcher ID / ID Challenge
I looked over your notes, the stuff in the two links you sent and remain unenlightened.
Louisa Evers <elouisa603...> Take care of the birds and you take care of the world
On Fri, May 3, 2024 at 07:32 Cliff Weisse via groups.io <cliffandlisa= <octobersetters.com...> wrote:
> Well, > > I'm surprised no one was willing to venture a guess on the ID of these > dowitchers so I'll go ahead and add my guesses. Any opinions? Does anyone > agree or disagree with my labels? Why? This is one of my favorite ID > challenges and I'm still waiting for the roads to melt off so I can get to > Island Park Reservoir and pick through some actual birds but this is going > to have to suffice for now. > > Cliff > > My guesses are as follows: > > Photo #1 - LBDO on left, SBDO on right. > Photo #2 - SBDO > Photo #3 & 4 - SBDO > Photo #5 & 6 - LBDO > > . > On 5/1/24 09:17AM, Cliff Weisse wrote: > > Now I want to revisit the Birding article. I went out and tried to apply > the new field marks and became skeptical of their validity so I posted some > photos to the ID Frontiers listserv requesting opinions. I'm going to put > the photos below but withhold my guesses on the IDs and what the experts > had to say for now. If you're up for the challenge take a look and try to > ID them and see if you do better than I did. Which do you think are > Long-billed and which are Short-billed? > > *These photos were all taken on Island Park Reservoir in Idaho.* > > > *Photo #1: *This was taken on May 27 > > > *Photo #2:* This one was taken on May 20 > > > > *Photos 3 & 4: *Taken on May 14 > > > *Photos 5 & 6:* Taken on May 14 > > > > -- > Cliff and Lisa Weisse > Island Park, <Idahocliffandlisa...> > > -- > Cliff and Lisa Weisse > Island Park, <Idahocliffandlisa...> > > > >
