Just to comment on those who are assigning a sex to the CP Varied Thrush, I'd caution that after discussing this bird with several birders who are familiar with the species, it seems that this bird shows several characteristics of a juvenile bird, which, in addition to closely resembling adult females, would be nearly impossible to sex in the field.
I've also had the fortune of examining several recent museum specimens of this species from its natural range over the past year, and several definitive adults showed a mix of the male and female characteristics frequently illustrated in field guides. Sexing of this species isn't completely straightforward in the field, and especially not with a juvenile bird. Best, Scott -------------------- Scott Haber Dept. of Ornithology American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th St. New York, NY 10024 -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Block <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 13:35:03 To: NYS Birds<[email protected]> Reply-To: Andrew Block <[email protected]> Subject: [nysbirds-l] CP Varied Thrush yes I had the Central Park female Varied Thrush at 1:40pm today after waiting for about a half hour. It gave great looks in the sun. Andrew Andrew v. F. Block Consulting Naturalist/Wildlife Biologist 37 Tanglewylde Avenue Bronxville, Westchester Co., New York 10708-3131 Phone: 914-337-1229begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 914-337-1229 end_of_the_skype_highlighting; Fax: 914-771-8036 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
