Subject: Re: Chestnut-collared Longspur
Date: Dec 7 12:26:50 1995
From: Eugene Hunn - hunn at u.washington.edu


By the way, I hope all us tweets are writing all these details down.
Many times after a rare bird appears everyone sees it but no one sends in
written details. The collected opinions of all these observers will make
for a wonderful record of the sighting (as well as grist for theorists of
perception and the social construction of reality!).

Gene Hunn.

On Wed, 6 Dec 1995, Russell Rogers wrote:

> On Wed, 6 Dec 1995, Scott Ray wrote:
> >
> > I watched the bird for 20 minutes at close range and had no impression of a
> > chestnutish collar.
> >
>
> When the bird was preening, and would been down to grab at fethers, the
> chestnut color was more apparent. In reference to Genes statement as to
> the lesser coverts. The feathers at the bend of the wing are very white,
> this is the area that Pyle et. al are refering to.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
> Russell Rogers
> 4510 Glenn Way SW
> Seattle, WA 98116
> (206) 935-6280
> rrogers at halcyon.com
> --------------------------------------------------------
>