Aidan B Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 (edited) I realized today that I am absolutely Terrrible at Longspur identification. I can pick out the LALOs no problem, but once it comes to Thick-billed and Chestnut-collared Longspurs, I hardly know where to start. I'd never heard them in person before and the calls were all confusing to me, and the wind made any recordings I tried to create close to useless. I had to resort to snapping tons of photos and seeing what was in them. Does anyone have any good advise for separating the two? Forgive me if I put any unidentifiable photos in, I'm not sure where it becomes impossible. bird 1. The middle photo has been lightened Bird 2. Tail Pattern makes this CCLO? Edited January 23 by Aidan B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 @Aidan B, there are no photos in this series of posts. Sorry. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonestranger Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Same here, @Aidan B, I see 7 blank boxes where photos should have been. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted January 23 Author Share Posted January 23 Man! Not sure what's going on! Let me try again 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted January 23 Author Share Posted January 23 Bird 1. Bird 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted January 23 Author Share Posted January 23 Are they visible now? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinHood Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 3 minutes ago, Aidan B said: Are they visible now? Yes, let the ID s begin. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 My guess is Thick-billed. You can see the rufous shoulders on the second bird, which also looks plainer. The first bird has that dark breast spot, and somewhat reddish shoulders. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Friedman Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 2 hours ago, Avery said: My guess is Thick-billed. You can see the rufous shoulders on the second bird, which also looks plainer. The first bird has that dark breast spot, and somewhat reddish shoulders. The tail in the last two pictures sure looks like Chestnut-collared, though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 I don't have longspur experience, but my best guess is Chestnut-collared Longspur for the second bird based on the facial and tail pattern. The first bird is confusing me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackburnian Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Thick-billed for both I think. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Cochrane Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 4 minutes ago, blackburnian said: Thick-billed for both I think. Agreed. @Aidan B Was this at honey lake or is this a new flock? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted January 23 Author Share Posted January 23 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Connor Cochrane said: Agreed. @Aidan B Was this at honey lake or is this a new flock? It was at honey lake, though there is three Thick-billed now if these are both Thick-billed. Edited January 23 by Aidan B 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Friedman Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Aha. I'm getting the feeling the black on Thick-billed's tails can look a lot more triangular when the tails are folded and notched. http://www.azfo.org/gallery/2012/html3/MCLO_Willcox_Johnson_29_February_2012.html 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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