Mystery Passerine

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Posted by Bruce Deuel (165.235.110.52) on April 07, 2003 at 11:35:43:

In spite of 40+ years of birding in California, I always consider myself a beginner when it comes to these i.d. quizzes (unless it's a duck!). That said, it took me only a few seconds to conclude this was a Hutton's Vireo, for all the same reasons as others have posted. The only thing that bothered me was all the streaking on the underparts, which I don't associate with any vireo. The only reference I have with me as I write this is NG 3rd ed., which to my surprise does show streaking in the Solitary Vireo complex, something I've never noticed. However, I still believe the quiz bird to be a Hutton's. Could the streaking be age-related, or have I just missed that, too?
Cheers,
Bruce Deuel
Redding, CA

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Re: Mystery Passerine Mark Brown 23:10:50 04/29/03 (0)
Re: Mystery Passerine Gary Potter 21:01:10 04/10/03 (0)
Re: Mystery Passerine Don Roberson 11:44:01 04/10/03 (1)

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: In spite of 40+ years of birding in California, I always consider myself a beginner when it comes to these i.d. quizzes (unless it's a duck!). That said, it took me only a few seconds to conclude this was a Hutton's Vireo, for all the same reasons as others have posted. The only thing that bothered me was all the streaking on the underparts, which I don't associate with any vireo. The only reference I have with me as I write this is NG 3rd ed., which to my surprise does show streaking in the Solitary Vireo complex, something I've never noticed. However, I still believe the quiz bird to be a Hutton's. Could the streaking be age-related, or have I just missed that, too? : Cheers, : Bruce Deuel : Redding, CA

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