[Tweeters] The Next Level Info?

[Steve Hampton]

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On Sun, Feb 12, 2023 at 10:25 AM Wim van Dam <wim.van.dam at gmail.com> wrote:


> Hi Jim

>

> I wholeheartedly recommend getting a subscription to "Birds of the World"

> ($49/year):

> https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/subscribe

>

> To your case: for Northern Flicker it has a very detailed article on

> "Plumages, Molts, and Structure".

>

> Wim van Dam

> Solvang, CA

>

> On Sun, Feb 12, 2023 at 10:01 AM <jimbetz at jimbetz.com> wrote:

>

>> Hi,

>>

>>    I -often- have questions that are not being answered by my useual

>> sources

>> (eBird, Cornell, Audubon, field guides, etc.).  As just one example how

>> do I

>> answer the question - at what age/in what season do Flickers change from

>> juvenile patterns to adult?

>>

>>    When I go to any of the above usually they only have the highest level

>> of info (a few pictures, range maps, and recent/historical sightings).

>> I guess I'm finding my way into the areas of ornithological info ... ?

>>    I have posted questions to this group - maybe once or twice a quarter -

>> that are along these lines and haven't gotten what I consider "the

>> answers I was looking for" ... don't get me wrong, I value this

>> community highly - just for different purposes.

>>

>>    Since we live in Skagit County most of my "deeper questions" are about

>> the birds that show up here ... in all seasons.

>>                                                          - Jim

>>

>> P.S. I had a first ever sighting event this morning.  Early on, before

>> they flew off to where ever they went to today, there was a group of

>> swans (probably all Trumpeters) that had obviously spent the night on a

>> bend of the Skagit River!  We look down on that large S-curve in the

>> Skagit that is East of the Gardner Road Launch Ramp and there they were

>> in a 'line' on the slow side of the sand bar.  Water does flow thru

>> that area but it is not the primary path for the flow - that's on the

>> other side of the same bar (just East of where I saw them).  I'm seeing

>> about 4 or 5 birds "just lifting off and moving" from that location

>> right now.   Sorry, too far away for a picture.

>>

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​Steve Hampton​
Port Townsend, WA  (qatáy)
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