grey-crowned human 🤣🤣🤣 that’s a good one
On Sat, May 13, 2023 at 9:03 PM Brad Shine <sonofshine@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I know Eastern, Couch’s, Tropical, and Gray Kingbirds also have red-crowns
:)
Unsure about the other southern kingbird species though!
On Sat, May 13, 2023 at 8:29 PM James Crites <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hi All,
I went out this afternoon during a break in the rain in a futile attempt
to see some of the rare birds being seen recently at Atzlan Park. I did
not see those birds, but the Western Kingbirds were displaying their red
crowns because the top of their heads were wet. I have seen these red
crowns before, but it had been so long since I had observed this feature, I
had forgotten they had red crowns-see photo below. None of my guide books
mention this red crown. I wonder in keeping with names of other birds like
orange-crowned warbler, gold-crowned warbler, ruby-crowned kinglet,
golden-crowned kinglet, golden-crowned sparrow, yellow-crowned night heron,
black-crowned night heron, violet-crowned hummingbird, and the
white-crowned pigeon that the Western Kingbird should be named the
Red-crowned Kingbird. Yes, “western” in the name is accurate in suggesting
that this kingbird is found generally in the western part of North
America. I guess I like consistency. Oh well, just a weird thing to think
about (and share) on a dark, cloudy, rainy evening.
Jim Crites (a Grey-crowned Human)
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