White-winged Junco would be extraordinary-- and could really only be
confirmed with a look at the tail pattern, as it has more white than other
junco forms. Given that the pattern of white on this bird is wrong for
White-winged Junco, I suspect it's an aberrant Slate-colored Junco.
On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 6:48 PM Philip Dickinson <
pdickins at gmail.com> wrote:
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This is one source that I checked;
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-winged_junco
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Phil Dickinson
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On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 6:33 PM Robert O'Brien <baro at pdx.edu> wrote:
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Actually it seems more likely to be The White Winged junco subspecies of
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Dark-eyed junco. This was once considered a separate species but now has
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been lumped with all the rest of them. It ranges from the Black Hills of
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South Dakota down into Eastern Colorado and Wyoming. Males are pretty
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non-migratory and this looks like a male. Note the darkness around the eye
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I don't believe slate'colored junco shows that. Now this has far more white
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than even a white winged junco, which typically shows 2 white wing bars of
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varying intensity. Here they seem to be joined together to form a single
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wide wing bar. That's not normal.
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White-winged juncos are very rare on the West Coast. I know if only one
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record for Oregon many many years ago. Don't know if there are any for
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Washington state. Bob O'Brien Portland
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On Monday, October 11, 2021, Philip Dickinson <pdickins at gmail.com> wrote:
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Looks like a slate-colored junco, and these occasionally have bold white
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wing bars
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Phil Dickinson
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Sent from my iPhone
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On Oct 11, 2021, at 5:37 PM, Jeannine Carter <jnine28 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>
Hi Tweeters,
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>>>
I was sitting at my kitchen table where I watch the birds in our
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backyard, and this junco immediately caught my eye with its white wing
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bars. I'm in NW Seattle, and have a ton of Juncos year-round.
>>>
>>>
I'm quite unsure whom I have visiting my yard. Can anyone help me with
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this ID?
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>>>
Here is the video I took of it at 5pm this evening, so I apologize for
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the lighting:
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https://youtu.be/9t7t2jWTMhk
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>>>
Thanks!
>>>
Jeannine Carter
>>>
NW Seattle
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