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Post by JP Cariño on Mar 4, 2008 15:57:28 GMT
took this at santa rosa last friday - its the size of a munia  |
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Post by steve pryor on Mar 5, 2008 6:48:42 GMT
Emberiza sulphurata
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Post by tina mallari on Mar 5, 2008 7:48:47 GMT
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Post by Romy Ocon on Mar 5, 2008 8:04:46 GMT
Congrats, JP! Now, you have to go back to get a full frame shot.  |
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Post by JP Cariño on Mar 5, 2008 14:50:04 GMT
wow! and to think i almost erased this from my cf card |
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Post by JP Cariño on Mar 5, 2008 16:22:06 GMT
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Post by steve pryor on Mar 5, 2008 17:40:31 GMT
Hi JP,
No, not aureola. The bird you linked (the link you provided, not your photo I mean) is an adult female. To notice here that rather than a true and proper supercilium (as would have the aureola when not breeding) we have a zone that is a little bit more yellow and starting from the lores (I have other photos of winter sulphurata showing this feature). Also to note that the aureola does not have an eye-ring as conspicuous as this. Also aureola tends to have a thicker wing-bar than shown on this bird.
As far as the auricular feature you mention - in the aureola it tends to be more conspicuously contoured with brown contours and tending to white in the center.
Again, the KG plate is misleading - it shows only an adult bird in fresh plumage.
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Post by Neon Rosell II on Mar 5, 2008 18:19:07 GMT
Wohhaaa!!another rarity when I'm away!! Lets go back and hunt this guy when I get paroled!! This will be # 276 !!!  Cheers, |
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Post by steve pryor on Mar 5, 2008 19:16:51 GMT
To all interested. I realise that there are those not convinced of the ID. Therefore, I have very temporarily uploaded a photo that is not mine, but that explains the head marking of the bird we are examining here. I will take this photo off tomorrow. Unfortunately, OBI is down for maintenance, otherwise I would just provide a link to that site. The Link: www.flickr.com/photos/22004717@N00/2312309073/sizes/o/ |
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Post by Bob Kaufman on Mar 5, 2008 21:59:14 GMT
Congratulations, JP, on capturing this rarity!  |
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Post by JP Cariño on Mar 5, 2008 23:44:54 GMT
your photo steve confirms its identity  thanks |
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