Re: [SBB] So... what is this? [Beating a Dead Horse] not dead yet

[Chuq Von Rospach <[[email protected]]>]

>

Laurie notes that there was no color tweaking on that photo, although  
the building might have affected the white balance a bit. She also  
said the bird was visibly yellow to her in natural light, so that's  
not a photo artifact.

I"m glad folks are enjoying this, so are we. For me, also, it's a  
nice reminder as someone trying to learn how to ID birds reliably  
that even for the experts I rely on to help me figure this out on the  
list that a "simple" bird is sometimes still open to interpretation.  
(I admit that what first drew me to birdwatching was it was a good  
excuse to get me outside and walking and away from computers, and it  
was a way to get to know the areas I was exploring; I"m more and more  
enjoying it just for the fun of doing it... In fact, I'm headed out  
of town later this morning for some downtime, and I've scheduled a  
couple of days in Morro Bay just to crawl in the marshes down there....)



> Good point Ruth.  I thought of that, and thought I had checked, but  
> not well enough, clearly.
>
> Thanks again Chuq for posting this -- it's fun to try these mystery  
> birds once in a while!

>> I think part of the controversy is color shift from the photo  
>> itself. Note that the swallow' chin  appears bright red, not rusty  
>> as is typical of Cliff Swallows.  The house sparrow would have a  
>> similar color shift which would increase the yellow.

-- 
Chuq Von Rospach, Architech
[[email protected]] -- http://chuqui.typepad.com/

The Cliff's Notes Cliff's Notes on Hamlet:
     And they all died happily ever after



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