On Throw Back Thursday:
These birds are wearing black-n-gold!
Just before the Steelers AFC Championship game in 2011 I explained why these black and yellow species tend to flock together.
This Sunday the Steelers are again in the AFC Championship. What better time to revisit birds wearing black-n-gold. Read on!
(composite photo credits, top left to right, then bottom left to right:
1. Slate-throated Whitestart: Corey Finger on 10000birds.com
2. Sooty-capped Bush Tanager: Wikipedia
3. Yellow-thighed Finch: Wikimedia Commons
4. Collared Whitestart: Jan Axel on janbirdingblog.blogspot.com
5. Silver-throated Tanager: Kent Fiala’s Website
6. Yellow-throated Brush Finch: Atrevido1 at Solo Aves on Flickr)
Kate, Shouldn’t it be Collared REDstart? I recognize this bird, a favorite from a trip to Costa Rica, and that’s what it’s called in my CR bird book.
Mary, the bird, Myioborus torquatus, goes by either name — whitestart or redstart. As Wikipedia explains here (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collared_whitestart), “Like other members of Myioborus, it is often called a “whitestart” rather than a “redstart”.”
p.s. My Costa Rica field guide calls it a collared redstart, too. Perhaps that’s the preferred name in Costa Rica … or the preferred name by the authors. I was careful to choose a photo taken in Panama; the photo was labeled whitestart.
Thanks for the clarification!
Here in Southern California, at our Steelers fans’ house, our Lavender is filled with Lesser Goldfinches.
For fish, check out Sweetlips. Gorgeous fish on the reef, Indian Ocean area.