Date: 5/3/24 9:37 am From: Louisa Evers via groups.io <elouisa603...> Subject: Re: [IBLE] Short-billed Dowitcher ID / ID Challenge
No. Your guesses are likely to be so much better than mine. Just going to call them all LBDOs. The differences are too subtle and too inconsistent for me.
Louisa Evers <elouisa603...> Take care of the birds and you take care of the world
On Fri, May 3, 2024 at 10:15 Cliff Weisse via groups.io <cliffandlisa= <octobersetters.com...> wrote:
> So would you be willing to enlighten us with your opinion of my guesses? > > Cliff > On 5/3/24 10:02AM, Louisa Evers wrote: > > 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...> >> >> -- > Cliff and Lisa Weisse > Island Park, <Idahocliffandlisa...> > > > >
