Phainopepla

Phainopepla https://scienceblogs.com/ en Mystery Bird: Phainopepla, Phainopepla nitens https://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/10/29/todays-mystery-bird-for-you-to-48 <span>Mystery Bird: Phainopepla, Phainopepla nitens</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><span style="font-size: 10px">tags: <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Phainopepla" rel="tag">Phainopepla</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Phainopepla+nitens" rel="tag">Phainopepla nitens</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/birds" rel="tag">birds</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/mystery+bird" rel="tag">mystery bird</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/bird+ID+quiz" rel="tag">bird ID quiz</a></span></p> <div class="centeredCaption"> <p><a target="window" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/30540563@N08/2949641429/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3179/2949641429_2baa05a568.jpg" width="500" height="374" /></a></p> <p><strike>[Mystery bird]</strike> Phainopepla, <i>Phainopepla nitens</i>, photographed in Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]</p> <p>Image: <a target="window" href="http://www.richditch.com/">Richard Ditch</a>, 2006 [<a target="window" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3179/2949641429_4fd6f80922_o.jpg" width="720" height="539"></a>larger view]. </p> </div> <p>Date Time Original: 2006:05:07 07:33:04<br /> Exposure Time: 1/200<br /> F-Number: 14.00<br /> ISO: 200</p> <p><span style="color: red; font-size: 14px">Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. </span></p> <p><i>Rick Wright, Managing Director of </i><a target="window" href="http://wingsbirds.com/">WINGS Birding Tours Worldwide</a><i>, writes:</i></p> <p>There are birds that are instantly recognizable once we "know" them, but those same species can be puzzling when encountered for the first time or out of range. In the American southwest, a long-tailed, dusky bird perched at the tip of a dead twig is often a Phainopepla, the darkest and most northerly of the silkies.</p> <p>Shape identifies this bird right away to birders who are the least bit familiar with the species. In addition to the long tail and short wing, note the small, markedly square head, the spiky crest, and the short, rather undistinguished bill of a frugivore and flycatcher. </p> <p>In the field, we would likely hear this bird giving its soft, sweet hooting call, and when it flushed, we'd see the bird fly off in a distinctive stuttering flight, stalling mid-air, then recovering with a few fast wingbeats.</p> <p><a target="window" href="http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/bird_id_quiz/">Review all mystery birds to date</a>. </p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/author/grrlscientist" lang="" about="/author/grrlscientist" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">grrlscientist</a></span> <span>Wed, 10/29/2008 - 04:59</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/birding" hreflang="en">birding</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/mystery-birds" hreflang="en">Mystery Birds</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/photography" hreflang="en">Photography</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/bird-id-quiz" hreflang="en">bird ID quiz</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/bird-watching" hreflang="en">bird watching</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/birds" hreflang="en">birds</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/image" hreflang="en">image</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/mystery-bird" hreflang="en">mystery bird</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/ornithology" hreflang="en">ornithology</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/phainopepla" hreflang="en">Phainopepla</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/phainopepla-nitens" hreflang="en">Phainopepla nitens</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/photo" hreflang="en">Photo</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/picture" hreflang="en">picture</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/birding" hreflang="en">birding</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/photography" hreflang="en">Photography</a></div> </div> </div> <section> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2063636" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1225276749"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Heh. An adult male Phainopepla. If I have to name a field mark, I'm naming <i>it's scary red eye! Aaaughhhhh!</i></p> <p>:-)</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2063636&1=default&2=en&3=" token="McWwhsV-HojAH8Wg2Pr2i01IiQ4bjEiYC5AuHcY5P6g"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.elanus.net/sutro/" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">John Callender (not verified)</a> on 29 Oct 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/25241/feed#comment-2063636">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2063637" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1225279900"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Ah! Phainopepla! I ADORE those birds, and hardly ever get to see them! (I think their range extends into California, but I've never seen one here. Or, maybe I'm wrong about the range. I didn't need to open a field guide to ID this photo. :D). </p> <p>And yeah, that's an adult male, and since John already mentioned the scary red eye, I'll go with . . . sweet little feathery crest on the head! Um, yeah. Really, this isn't a bird that's likely to be confused with anything else, is it?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2063637&1=default&2=en&3=" token="LZsErmR_DQsGidDCAdJ7AxFmYVecmhiRoWqKYcrrzzU"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Wendy (not verified)</span> on 29 Oct 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/25241/feed#comment-2063637">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2063638" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1225293762"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Yes - Instant ID: Phainopepla, the Goth blackbird.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2063638&1=default&2=en&3=" token="SzhSE77rbrTsCiyJJvM9IS82SzvDPox2o4x0BsMdD4k"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.powersedit.com" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Hilary (not verified)</a> on 29 Oct 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/25241/feed#comment-2063638">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2063639" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1225295891"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Adult male Phainopepla. The silky black feathers and crested head are dead giveaways, and it's right for the location.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2063639&1=default&2=en&3=" token="dGMreo3lqJIhi8jQ8Pe5K2dWV54Fn5DlWHc9ZWf0tvs"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Selasphorus (not verified)</span> on 29 Oct 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/25241/feed#comment-2063639">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2063640" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1225296879"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I think it's one of <a href="http://www.ksu.edu/biology/oldweb/bio/faculty/rintoul/sabbatical_images/images/phainopepla_male_1_s.jpg">these</a>, and probably hangs out with one of <a href="http://www.ksu.edu/biology/oldweb/bio/faculty/rintoul/sabbatical_images/images/phainopepla_female_2_s.jpg"> these</a> in the springtime!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2063640&1=default&2=en&3=" token="uNQoAnJp2tIfFgP1j2-auLFYJMxwSDdpBm5eugyYJkM"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Albatrossity (not verified)</span> on 29 Oct 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/25241/feed#comment-2063640">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2063641" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1225303273"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I've never seen him, but he is pretty unmistakable. "Scary red eye" for sure.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2063641&1=default&2=en&3=" token="9boCZyIXWwDzH50Qf5ORSTUiS-WT01WEitcsEPgIQT8"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://thegreenbelt.blogspot.com" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">The Ridger (not verified)</a> on 29 Oct 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/25241/feed#comment-2063641">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2063642" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1225306380"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Goth blackbird indeed! Yes, a male Phainopepla with all black feathering (except on the folded part of the wing), evil red eye and a crest.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2063642&1=default&2=en&3=" token="Rq9aHxHV60Hz4ztRfJaUrA6vkcAnp34sxafG6BK7YAY"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">smilodon (not verified)</span> on 29 Oct 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/25241/feed#comment-2063642">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2063643" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1225306939"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Bronzed Cowbird.<br /> Don't be misled by the Halloween costume - Fred Astaire in top hat and tails.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2063643&1=default&2=en&3=" token="gW1adcsUA-eHqhcpUB31P5Ldv-FYZOp47468PqIQEIs"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">bobk (not verified)</span> on 29 Oct 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/25241/feed#comment-2063643">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2063644" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1225334317"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I've never seen him, but he is pretty unmistakable. "Scary red eye" for sure too:)</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2063644&1=default&2=en&3=" token="LZ-HHCyEHUpSzq98WhR26yYBAMaARzVEof-Um133CNA"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.nasze-wesele.eu" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">wesele (not verified)</a> on 29 Oct 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/25241/feed#comment-2063644">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2063645" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1225363271"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Goth blackbird indeed! Yes, a male Phainopepla with all black feathering (except on the folded part of the wing), evil red eye and a crest.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2063645&1=default&2=en&3=" token="-hPBH8XRmybcfqf25aAaUR0zTXNZdq0J2yjo2SbKN_A"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.nasze-wesele.eu" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">wesele (not verified)</a> on 30 Oct 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/25241/feed#comment-2063645">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2063646" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1225373381"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>To correct a very common mistake, this is actually that fine Irish-American bird, the FÃ©in O'Pepla.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2063646&1=default&2=en&3=" token="FqSj3rZ6iba9tkY6RA5xWddm5sc4yE1t2-HRowntpMw"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://fieldguidetohummingbirds.wordpress.com/" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Sheri (not verified)</a> on 30 Oct 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/25241/feed#comment-2063646">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2063647" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1225392150"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Sheri, that made me laugh.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2063647&1=default&2=en&3=" token="OPz8q4tNMtrviS89IC6AplFy4PL-V_sqX8pkno-lXrA"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Smilodon (not verified)</span> on 30 Oct 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/25241/feed#comment-2063647">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/grrlscientist/2008/10/29/todays-mystery-bird-for-you-to-48%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:59:59 +0000 grrlscientist 87823 at https://scienceblogs.com