Easy mistake! They are similar looking birds! $10 says you just mixed them up
while you were typing the email.
Ask Brad, I knew exactly what I was looking at when we were watching shorebirds
at McAlister (and I put them in eBird correctly) but then, out loud, I would
say a similar, but wrong, name without realizing it.
Jennifer
Jennifer Miller
Lubbock, TX
(o,o)
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On May 28, 2020, at 7:23 AM, Lena Zappia <lzappia@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
A huge, absurd but humbling gaffe on my part: the Indigo Buntings were
actually Blue Grosbeaks. I do not know what I was thinking. Doh!
On May 27, 2020, at 9:00 PM, Lena Zappia <lzappia@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
And finally, 2 Indigo Buntings (male and female) also on East CR7300,
southeast of Ransom Canyon.
I was really looking for wildflowers, but it turned into a great birding
adventure thanks to the buntings. There is, however, a HUGE patch of Wild
Licorice (Glycyrrhiza lepidota) and a patch of what I think is Western
Horsenettle (Solanum dimidiatum) down in that area. A few Fulvia
Checkerspots (writing this in plural seems like a big deal; I've only ever
seen one in my life. Anthony has surely seen dozens.) were enjoying the
wildflowers.
Lena
