11-28-2006, 08:15 AM
Carrie,
Beige/peach bird with orange bill, almost like a parrot but no hook. Sounds like a female Northern Cardinal. Did it have a pointed crest? Other orange-red-billed birds don't have beige/peach-colored bodies: Red-billed Leiothrix, Java Sparrow, and Red Avadavat. The last bird is limited to the west side, unless a recent sighting north of Hilo portends local range expansion.
I just figured out that the male Wild Turkey that returned to our yard to feed on Thanksgiving Day, is different than the one that's been here the last couple of days. Both are adult males, but the Thanksgiving bird has a longer snood that hangs down over the bill with more deep red wattles on the lower neck. The younger(?), less developed bird has a snood that stands up, like a rhinoceros "horn".
Les
Edited by - Les C on 11/28/2006 12:15:58
Edited by - Les C on 11/28/2006 12:32:18
Beige/peach bird with orange bill, almost like a parrot but no hook. Sounds like a female Northern Cardinal. Did it have a pointed crest? Other orange-red-billed birds don't have beige/peach-colored bodies: Red-billed Leiothrix, Java Sparrow, and Red Avadavat. The last bird is limited to the west side, unless a recent sighting north of Hilo portends local range expansion.
I just figured out that the male Wild Turkey that returned to our yard to feed on Thanksgiving Day, is different than the one that's been here the last couple of days. Both are adult males, but the Thanksgiving bird has a longer snood that hangs down over the bill with more deep red wattles on the lower neck. The younger(?), less developed bird has a snood that stands up, like a rhinoceros "horn".
Les
Edited by - Les C on 11/28/2006 12:15:58
Edited by - Les C on 11/28/2006 12:32:18