Got to tell us the story:)Originally Posted by Arthur Morris
Got to tell us the story:)
I met Artie and Elaine when I was birding in Cape May in the late eighties/early nineties. Artie and Elaine were familiar faces and we soon became friends. Before we flew back to the UK out of Kennedy, Artie and Elaine would always offer to put us up and take us out to JBay in the morning. It was a great way to finish a trip and as Artie says, I was priveleged to meet Elaine, a wonderful woman who always kept Artie in "check" - and I mean that in the nicest way.
Artie, along with Kevin Karlson, fostered my interst in photography in my early years and I am proud to know him as a friend and I'm glad to see that he's accomplished a goal to enjoy doing what he loves doing (and well!) and shares his passion with others.
I hope my contributions can help give back something to him and others on the forum.
As for eating them out of house and home, I remember all the cupboards being locked and the beer was hidden!
Bruce,
Your feathers look bang-on, except that I think the lowest row of green dots are still median coverts rather than lesser coverts.
J
Ilija,
I did mean "sub-species" in my previous post, in the context of identification of juveniles to SUB-SPECIES (not "species" as I had written incorrectly) is difficult if not impossible.
Sorry for any confusion.
Best,
J
Well, I never drank beer but when the Brits were coming we always ran to Waldbaum's and got six pounds of chicken thighs!
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No problem, it was quite obvious what you wanted to say.
Thanks for the answer.
The reason I asked is that the bird #9 looks much darker than a typical eastern/atlantic juv.
There are no markings in the interior of the scapulars, typical for juvs. of the eastern race.
I've never seen SB Dowitchers on the west coast, but I read in several places that western race juvs.
look darker. The bird on #9 looks so dark that it fooled me into thinking it is an adult :o
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