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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: What was that? on May 20, 2010, 09:02:54 AM

Title: Manitoulin Island - help a friend please
Post by: What was that? on May 20, 2010, 09:02:54 AM

Hi all,
Not one of mine, a friend asked me and I have no idea (hence my web name).
Can you help with this pretty little thing.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/39167841@N06/4624279750/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/39167841@N06/4624279750/)

Thanks all.
Graham

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Post by: Bird Brain on May 20, 2010, 09:26:19 AM

Perhaps a First spring male Scarlet Tanager.  
http://www.westol.com/~banding/summer09 ... 060509.jpg (http://www.westol.com/~banding/summer09website/scta_asym_060509.jpg)

(I'm just waking up and haven't had any Chocolate yet so could be wrong.) :?

Jo-Anne  :)

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Post by: thouc on May 20, 2010, 10:42:26 AM

First spring male Scarlet Tanager seems very good.

/Thomas

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Post by: cloaca on May 20, 2010, 01:07:08 PM

The apparently all black wing feathers suggest it is an adult bird, not a second year bird.  I suggest it is an orange variant.

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Post by: Brian Bailey on May 20, 2010, 10:45:44 PM

Sibley suggest this is a variant plumage, not age related.

BB

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Post by: What was that? on May 21, 2010, 07:20:17 AM

Thanks all, it was the colour and the wing bar that got me good.

Graham