[CT Birds] Mystery Kingbird Revealed

[Clay Taylor]

Jim -

VERY interesting.    However, it sounds like the Hammo bird was pretty
strongly yellow.

Clay

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <james.bair at snet.net>
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Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 9:24 PM
Subject: Re: [CT Birds] Mystery Kingbird Revealed


> Dear Clay:
>
> You wrote:
>
>  Since it sounds like the people that saw the bird are
> all in agreement that it showed noticeable yellow underneath, I accept
that
> as evidence that it was indeed an "unusual" kingbird, and definitely not a
> normal Eastern.    I have never seen a "yellowish" Eastern, nor have I
seen
> a photo of one.
>
> Many years ago I worked as a nature counselor at a camp in Massachusetts.
We had a couple of annual nesting Eastern Kingbirds on the property. I
recall that a few young had a pale yellowish wash, maybe something like a
fall Willow Flycatcher. I recall being excited the first time I saw one,
then I realized it was hanging around the other kingbirds and was just one
of them. Otherwise, it looked just like an Eastern Kingbird--no gray, just
black.
>
> Jim B.
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