Peromyscus Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 42 minutes ago, Aidan B said: First state record Eastern Towhee just showed up in San Diego! I really really want to chase the bird! https://ebird.org/checklist/S97214292 I hope you can go to see it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 52 minutes ago, Aidan B said: First state record Eastern Towhee just showed up in San Diego! I really really want to chase the bird! https://ebird.org/checklist/S97214292 Wow! Incredible record. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLecy Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 1 hour ago, Birding Boy said: Wow! Incredible record. Yes, a first state record for CA is a BIG DEAL! Can't chase this bird, but wish I could, Maybe if it sticks for a few weeks I'll have a shot around Thanksgiving. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLecy Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 3 hours ago, Aidan B said: First state record Eastern Towhee just showed up in San Diego! I really really want to chase the bird! https://ebird.org/checklist/S97214292 Word is that it has been giving some Spotted Towhee calls. I'd wait until hybrid is ruled out before chasing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meghann Posted November 7, 2021 Author Share Posted November 7, 2021 32 minutes ago, DLecy said: Word is that it has been giving some Spotted Towhee calls. I'd wait until hybrid is ruled out before chasing it. Yep, that's the buzz on Facebook, that there is a good chance of mixed parentage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 34 minutes ago, DLecy said: Word is that it has been giving some Spotted Towhee calls. I'd wait until hybrid is ruled out before chasing it. Yeah, I'd definitely wait a little while before chasing it, although I know I won't be able to. College getting in the way of birding again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLecy Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 3 minutes ago, meghann said: Yep, that's the buzz on Facebook, that there is a good chance of mixed parentage. Yes, more plausible than a pure bird. Some really experienced and well-known birders were calling it an Eastern earlier today. Gotta be careful with a bird like that, which would be a potential state first record. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilpa Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 13 hours ago, meghann said: Emperor Goose in Puyallup, WASHINGTON https://ebird.org/checklist/S97131650 I chased this bird yesterday. Wish I had gone Thursday evening when it provided much better looks. At least it hung around long enough to see it. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 (edited) Sprague’s Pipit at Whitefish Point in Michigan’s upper peninsula. Appears to be a second state record. If it sticks for a week or so I may be able to chase. Edited November 7, 2021 by Birding Boy 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 6 hours ago, Birding Boy said: Sprague’s Pipit at Whitefish Point in Michigan’s upper peninsula. Appears to be a second state record. If it sticks for a week or so I may be able to chase. *6th state record. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 The California Eastern Towhee appears to be a pure Eastern, according to Ryan Terrill and Marky Mutchler on the San Diego County list http://digest.sialia.com/?rm=message;id=1732148 "This morning, the EASTERN TOWHEE continued in Jacumba, San Diego county. I studied the bird and heard a number of calls for it, as did Marky Mutchler, who grew up in the SPTO/EATO hybrid zone. Both of us share the opinion that this bird is perfectly fine for an Eastern Towhee in plumage and call. I’m willing to be convinced otherwise, but I’m kind of at a loss about why there’s a discussion of hybridization at all in this bird." 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meghann Posted November 8, 2021 Author Share Posted November 8, 2021 6 hours ago, Birding Boy said: Sprague’s Pipit at Whitefish Point in Michigan’s upper peninsula. Appears to be a second state record. If it sticks for a week or so I may be able to chase. Yep, was about to make today's post. Also: Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Montreal, QUEBEC Long-billed Dowitcher in St John's, NEWFOUNDLAND Groove-billed Ani at Lake Tchida, NORTH DAKOTA (state first!) American Woodcock in Cave Creek Canyon, ARIZONA (state first!) Black-legged Kittiwake in Tuscon, ARIZONA 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meghann Posted November 9, 2021 Author Share Posted November 9, 2021 (edited) A few more: Barnacle Goose in Rockland, MAINE https://ebird.org/checklist/S97146348 Ash-throated Flycatcher in Biddeford Pool, MAINE https://ebird.org/checklist/S97243492 Razorbill on Lake Champlain, VERMONT (state first!) https://ebird.org/checklist/S97196691 Edited November 9, 2021 by meghann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 Barnacle's getting closer to me in Maryland! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 vis a vis the California Eastern Towhee some papers on Eastern Towhee call mimicry (long, from the SanDiegoRegionBirding list) http://digest.sialia.com/?rm=message;id=1732346 Essentially the same post was on the CALBIRDS list with a different subject line. I imagine this may have appeared elsewhere, but I don't do elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meghann Posted November 9, 2021 Author Share Posted November 9, 2021 21 minutes ago, Peromyscus said: vis a vis the California Eastern Towhee some papers on Eastern Towhee call mimicry (long, from the SanDiegoRegionBirding list) http://digest.sialia.com/?rm=message;id=1732346 Essentially the same post was on the CALBIRDS list with a different subject line. I imagine this may have appeared elsewhere, but I don't do elsewhere. Yeah, the 1998 paper was linked in the FB discussion, and then someone said there's an in depth discussion going on in the Advanced Bird ID group on Facebook, but you have to ask to join that group, and frankly, I don't need more at this point to join. The paraphrase posted by the person talking about the discussion on the Advanced group was: Quote Of note, 1. there has indeed been work showing EATO mimic calls 2. There are identified eastern towhee in Macaulay that give the same low growl being called “definitive spotted call” 3. Philosophical discussion based on the fact that many GWWA/BWWA, Plegadis Ibis, Oystercatchers, etc are called one species or the other when they have been shown to contain significant amounts of genetics from both “species” when otherwise appearing pure (it only takes a few switches to some plumage genes and suddenly you’ve got a pure looking bird that contains a high percentage of dna from the “other” species). = slippery slope of defining what is and isn’t a species! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 On 11/6/2021 at 8:48 PM, Aidan B said: Yeah, I'd definitely wait a little while before chasing it, although I know I won't be able to. College getting in the way of birding again. I want to chase it too, but I’m really busy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 (edited) Brown-headed Nuthatch CONTINUING in Finney County KS!! I an indescribably envious and also furious that I have absolutely no way of being able to chase it!!! Edited November 10, 2021 by Seanbirds 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meghann Posted November 11, 2021 Author Share Posted November 11, 2021 Past few days: Red-footed Booby in Humboldt County, CALIFORNIA Social Flycatcher in Brownsville, TEXAS Western Tanager in St. John's, NEWFOUNDLAND Hawfinch on St. Paul Island, ALASKA 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 The Razorbill in VT/NY is still present. Not sure it’ll stick around for 2 more weeks… ? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 Un-banded Harris's Hawk found at Detroit Airport. https://ebird.org/checklist/S97437411 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 17 minutes ago, chipperatl said: Un-banded Harris's Hawk found at Detroit Airport. https://ebird.org/checklist/S97437411 I feel like someone is playing a sick joke on me ? As soon as I leave for the Upper Peninsula ( pre college stuff), this shows up. Sigh...maybe it’ll stick for a week. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meghann Posted November 11, 2021 Author Share Posted November 11, 2021 40 minutes ago, chipperatl said: Un-banded Harris's Hawk found at Detroit Airport. https://ebird.org/checklist/S97437411 Yep, that was going into tonight's post, although there are serious questions about origin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meghann Posted November 12, 2021 Author Share Posted November 12, 2021 Discussion is still rolling on Facebook about the Harris'. Meanwhile, here are some others, although I know by posting this early in the evening, more will get posted on FB as soon as I'm done and outside of the edit window. Lol. Ruff in Fremont, OHIO Lapland Longspur in Venice, FLORIDA Great-tailed Grackle in Fall City, WASHINGTON Say's Phoebe in Montgomery County, PENNSYLVANIA https://ebird.org/checklist/S97430078 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirVive Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 14 hours ago, meghann said: Western Tanager in St. John's, NEWFOUNDLAND That's not very 'west' for sure ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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