tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post958340270887589624..comments2023-10-26T03:19:41.569-07:00Comments on Stephen Bodio's Querencia: Indigo x Lazuli Bunting Hybrid?Steve Bodiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-59495478206761040382013-07-28T07:40:13.035-07:002013-07-28T07:40:13.035-07:00I have been watching this bird at the feeder over ...I have been watching this bird at the feeder over the last couple of days (he's been sticking pretty close) and he still strikes me as slightly smaller and more gracile than the grosbeak. Actually saw him and a black-headed grosbeak together on the same feeder this morning.Reid Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18382498430164817928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-63618387741125238812013-07-27T11:35:30.108-07:002013-07-27T11:35:30.108-07:00Grosbeak does look bigger. I wonder if any possibi...Grosbeak does look bigger. I wonder if any possibility exists for hybridization between the genera---?Steve Bodiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-34331338423186902392013-07-26T12:55:12.585-07:002013-07-26T12:55:12.585-07:00Both birds are on the same feeder (pix 1,2, and 4)...Both birds are on the same feeder (pix 1,2, and 4) can you scale from that?Reid Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18382498430164817928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-10146983196609971022013-07-26T11:29:04.855-07:002013-07-26T11:29:04.855-07:00Usually the buff bars are prominent in the grosbea...Usually the buff bars are prominent in the grosbeak but I thought from the beginning the beak was large on your bunting. I wish I could see SIZE.Steve Bodiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-68219487644144464672013-07-26T10:46:48.075-07:002013-07-26T10:46:48.075-07:00I just added the grosbeak picture for comparison. ...I just added the grosbeak picture for comparison. I don't know if the bill on my hybrid candidate is as big.Reid Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18382498430164817928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-71080140877182915412013-07-26T06:30:38.891-07:002013-07-26T06:30:38.891-07:00I kept thinking the bill is rather large; is the b...I kept thinking the bill is rather large; is the bird "big" too? But young males don't usually look so blue.Steve Bodiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-26603158926683719242013-07-26T06:18:10.331-07:002013-07-26T06:18:10.331-07:00Although it lacks the "chestnut wing bars&quo...Although it lacks the "chestnut wing bars", it also looks a lot like a Blue Grosbeak. Maybe a young male? I see them occaisionally where I live, and am always confusing them with the much more common Indigo Buntings........L.B.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com