ML101326151
Contributor
Mark Schwan Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Mendenhall Wetlands SGR--W of river
Juneau City and Borough, Alaska, United States
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Observation details
Continuing bird; hard to get good views as bird hid on ground and then flew quickly off and landing 50 to 100 yards away each time. In the photos of the bird in flight, I looked at references and compared characters for Western and Eastern birds, and I concluded, hopefully correctly that the bird is a Western. The back of the bird appeared too light for Eastern, the boldness of the centrail tail feathers and upper coverts seemed too light for Eastern; in one of the photos it sort of gave the impression that yellow invades the submustachial region. The forward flank seemed to be more spotted rather than streaked. I found the outer white tail feathers a bit problematic. Help on ID would be appreciated. Never heard the bird vocalize.
Technical information
- Dimensions
- 1200 pixels x 905 pixels
- Original file size
- 512.01 KB