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- Path: sparky!uunet!well!lp
- From: lp@well.sf.ca.us (Lily Pond)
- Subject: Re: A New Bird!!!
- Message-ID: <C09Cxu.1s5@well.sf.ca.us>
- Sender: news@well.sf.ca.us
- Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link
- References: <C04yEv.34y@well.sf.ca.us> <wp7acy4@Unify.Com> <jclarke.725958941@teal>
- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 03:13:06 GMT
- Lines: 36
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- In article <jclarke.725958941@teal> jclarke@teal.csn.org (J Christopher Clarke) writes:
- >grp@Unify.com (Greg Pasquariello) writes:
- >
- >>In article <C04yEv.34y@well.sf.ca.us>, lp@well.sf.ca.us (Lily Pond) writes:
- >
- >>>
- >>> What an exciting moment! I saw a new (to me, of course) bird - one that
- >>> though the book says it's common I've never seen or even heard of before!
- >>>
- >>> A Ruby-Crowned Kinglet!
- >>>
- >
- >>If you have a field guide, look up Hutton's Vireo. They are quite common
- >>in California, and can often be mistaken for ruby crowned kinglet. Notice
- >>especially the differences in bill and head size. Also, the vireo tends to
- >>be less active than the kinglet.
- >
- >And note that the bird was LARGER than a chickadee. A kinglet should be about
- >the same size or even a bit SMALLER than a chickadee. Since I'm new to the
- >west, I looked up a Hutton's Vireo, and sure enought, it looks just like a
- >kinglet an is slighly larger than a chickadee. So look for it again with
- >this stuff in mind. Back east, kinglets, chickadee, nuthatches and woodpeckers
- >all loosely flock together. If this is true in CA, them perhaps you can also
- >find nearby chickadees to compare it to in size.
- >
- >Have fun and Happy New Year.
- >
- >J. Christopher Clarke
- >jclarke@teal.csn.org
- >
-
-
- I assure you - it's a kinglet. I see the difference. I have the field
- guides. There are very clear differences. My guide even puts them aside
- eachother for the comparison. I assure you it's a kinglet. What? Are they so
- rare you don't believe it?
-