[Tweeters] What is this bird?

Larry Schwitters leschwitters at me.com
Wed Aug 2 08:35:25 PDT 2023


The Pigeon Guillemot coloration is different in the winter and breeding adults.

Winter white.
Breeding adult brown.

Nat Geo "Birds of North Americaā€¯ 7th edition. Page 170.

when in breeding plumage, are dark brown with a black iridescent sheen and a distinctive wing patch broken by a brown-black wedge.Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeon_guillemot>

Larry Schwitters
Issaquah


> On Aug 2, 2023, at 8:22 AM, jimbetz at jimbetz.com wrote:

>

> Hello all,

>

> Everyone says "Pigeon Guillemot" ... I'm not disputing that ... but no

> one has explained the color ... the bird I saw was definitely in that

> light reddish-brown. I agree with all of the shape identifiers making it

> a pigeon guillemot. But ...

> I have gone back and played with the image using Elements and no matter

> what I do with the saturation and/or the brightness settings the best I

> can get it to is a light gray.

> Yet every ID info image I can find shows the pigeon guillemot to be

> dark gray or even black. ???

>

> One person said to notice the Pelagic Cormorants in the pilings of the

> Anacortes Ferry terminal. I did see cormorants ... but my ID has them as

> Double-crested. They were on the pilings right by the ferry and also on

> the pilings of the old cannery at Ship Harbor. Note the color of the

> bill area in this picture ...

>

> https://eamon.smugmug.com/Family-pics-from-jim/Birds-and-Stuff-from-Jim/n-4Cw3NF/Birds-Web/i-Zsx37pc/A

>

> ... however, I'm 'conflicted' about the ID because I did not detect the

> crest in any of them (at either location). I did consider the

> Pelagic ... but the bill area color got me to say "Double".

>

> Your thoughts on either of these questions are appreciated.

>

> - Jim

>

> Quoting jimbetz at jimbetz.com:

>

>> Hi,

>> I was this bird at the ferry slip at Friday Harbor on Sunday, the 30th.

>> I've spent almost 2 hours searching for an ID and can't come up with it.

>> Any assistance appreciated!

>> Yes, the colors in this pic are correct/very close.

>>

>> https://eamon.smugmug.com/Family-pics-from-jim/Birds-and-Stuff-from-Jim/n-4Cw3NF/Birds-Web/i-57cqKhd/A

>>

>> - Jim

>

>

>

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