http://birdfreak.com/bird-doppelgangers/ Bird Conservation Marketing - Promoting Conservation Through Birding Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:26:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://birdfreak.com/bird-doppelgangers/comment-page-1/#comment-1743 Vern Sun, 26 Aug 2007 08:26:31 +0000 http://birdfreak.com/bird-doppelgangers/#comment-1743 Of course Black-capped and Carolina Chickadees have been found to sing each other's songs where they overlap, making things that much more difficult. I know folks who just count all Chickadees here as hybrids. Flycatchers are a safer bet with I.D. by song. My vote on your Yellowlegs picuture would be for the Lesser, but if they are hard in real life, they are almost impossible by picture to I.D. Thanks for your picture of the Grouse on another post. I haven't seen one in years. Vern Of course Black-capped and Carolina Chickadees have been found to sing each other’s songs where they overlap, making things that much more difficult. I know folks who just count all Chickadees here as hybrids. Flycatchers are a safer bet with I.D. by song. My vote on your Yellowlegs picuture would be for the Lesser, but if they are hard in real life, they are almost impossible by picture to I.D. Thanks for your picture of the Grouse on another post. I haven’t seen one in years.
Vern

]]> http://birdfreak.com/bird-doppelgangers/comment-page-1/#comment-1703 Larry Wed, 22 Aug 2007 02:39:16 +0000 http://birdfreak.com/bird-doppelgangers/#comment-1703 I've had trouble with yellowlegs except when I see them together.-I really have to look at one for a while before deciding on the two. Long-billed and Short-billed Dowitchers are ridiculous. Zen-I also had trouble with those Sparrows one year during the winter.-I was seeing trees sparrows but they looked like chipping sparrows to me. I’ve had trouble with yellowlegs except when I see them together.-I really have to look at one for a while before deciding on the two. Long-billed and Short-billed Dowitchers are ridiculous. Zen-I also had trouble with those Sparrows one year during the winter.-I was seeing trees sparrows but they looked like chipping sparrows to me.

]]> http://birdfreak.com/bird-doppelgangers/comment-page-1/#comment-1692 The Birdfreak Team Tue, 21 Aug 2007 01:18:07 +0000 http://birdfreak.com/bird-doppelgangers/#comment-1692 Maybe they are the same species, morphing when the time is just right :) Maybe they are the same species, morphing when the time is just right

]]> http://birdfreak.com/bird-doppelgangers/comment-page-1/#comment-1689 The Zen Birdfeeder Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:30:02 +0000 http://birdfreak.com/bird-doppelgangers/#comment-1689 How about the Chipping Sparrow and the American Tree Sparrow. Nature makes it hard to see them together at the same time - one day in the spring, it was the tree sparrows; the next day, only chippers! How about the Chipping Sparrow and the American Tree Sparrow. Nature makes it hard to see them together at the same time – one day in the spring, it was the tree sparrows; the next day, only chippers!

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