DC064 Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Bird seen this morning on Pacific coast north of San Diego. Can't make a match in iBird Ultimate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inastrangeland Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 How about a Nortern Mockingbird. Hard to tell from the front like this, but that would be my wager. Those wing patches are leading me that way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean C Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Northern Mockingbird confirmed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC064 Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 I think you are right. I was using iBird Ultimate. If I put Color Primary as buff, it eliminates the Northern Mockingbird from the list of potential matches. The bird is definitely a buff or brown. I see photos in iBird that are buff. Thanks for the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamRHead Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 I agree with Northern Mockingbird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 13 hours ago, DC064 said: If I put Color Primary as buff, it eliminates the Northern Mockingbird from the list of potential matches. Put in a primary color of Gray and see what you get. That's definitely a NOMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC064 Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 14 minutes ago, Charlie Spencer said: Put in a primary color of Gray and see what you get. That's definitely a NOMO. Yeah sure, but the bird is not gray. iBird should not eliminate the northern mockingbird if the color buff is entered. Even the pictures they include have buff colored birds. This is a recurring problem with iBird. It narrows the selection when it should not. This is particularly true for female birds or juvenile birds which often have characteristics that variant from adult males. They need to work in their database. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigeon Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Looks totally gray to me. I guess it’s all in the eye of the beholder, and camera/lighting tricks. I have seen thousands of Mockinbirds in my life, and not to say it doesn’t happen, but I have never seen one that I wold call buff colored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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