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Re: NE Florida 2022-2023 NestThread

Post by IrishEyes » Tue Dec 06, 2022 6:26 am

8:10am
Gabby left
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Re: NE Florida 2022-2023 NestThread

Post by IrishEyes » Tue Dec 06, 2022 11:31 am

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Today at 3:17 PM
Gabrielle arrived home at 2:15 pm

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Re: NE Florida 2022-2023 NestThread

Post by IrishEyes » Tue Dec 06, 2022 11:41 am

It is windy
2:32pm
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Preening her neck feathers
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Looking around.. Wind blowing her head feathers
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Re: NE Florida 2022-2023 NestThread

Post by JudyB » Tue Dec 06, 2022 11:44 am

Hi everyone! Someone asked me if the experts at HWF had any thoughts about V2's coloring, wondering if it might be a form of melanism (a condition where there's more than the usual amount of dark pigment). I sent some screenshots of him to David Hancock and Myles Lamont, and got this answer from Myles (who is also in British Columbia):

Judging by the tail colour, I would suggest these are just stained feathers. Depending on where the bird is foraging/bathing, the water bodies around parts of Florida I would imagine can be full of tannins and perhaps staining the feathers. We often have birds with discolored feathers up here too depending on what they get into. That would be my immediate guess. Nothing screams of melanism to me.

If V2 ends up staying here, it will be interesting to see if the color fades in time, or changes in other ways.

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Re: NE Florida 2022-2023 NestThread

Post by IrishEyes » Tue Dec 06, 2022 12:07 pm

JudyB wrote:
Tue Dec 06, 2022 11:44 am
Hi everyone! Someone asked me if the experts at HWF had any thoughts about V2's coloring, wondering if it might be a form of melanism (a condition where there's more than the usual amount of dark pigment). I sent some screenshots of him to David Hancock and Myles Lamont, and got this answer from Myles (who is also in British Columbia):

Judging by the tail colour, I would suggest these are just stained feathers. Depending on where the bird is foraging/bathing, the water bodies around parts of Florida I would imagine can be full of tannins and perhaps staining the feathers. We often have birds with discolored feathers up here too depending on what they get into. That would be my immediate guess. Nothing screams of melanism to me.

If V2 ends up staying here, it will be interesting to see if the color fades in time, or changes in other ways.
Thanks so much Judy ! :hug:
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Re: NE Florida 2022-2023 NestThread

Post by IrishEyes » Tue Dec 06, 2022 12:10 pm

Jd_AEF
Today at 3:55 PM
Pwhite_AEF will be keeping an eye on Gabrielle for the remainder of the afternoon...I'll see you later this evening. 👋 ❤️
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Re: NE Florida 2022-2023 NestThread

Post by Farniente » Tue Dec 06, 2022 12:12 pm

Hello IrishEyes and Philjo, Hi NEFL

Gabby is still here, waiting for V2...
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Re: NE Florida 2022-2023 NestThread

Post by IrishEyes » Tue Dec 06, 2022 12:18 pm

3:10pm
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Re: NE Florida 2022-2023 NestThread

Post by IrishEyes » Tue Dec 06, 2022 12:20 pm

Farniente wrote:
Tue Dec 06, 2022 12:12 pm
Hello IrishEyes and Philjo, Hi NEFL

Gabby is still here, waiting for V2...

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Thanks JudyB :thumlft:
Thanks Farniente .. I just saw your post :oops2: :hug:
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Re: NE Florida 2022-2023 NestThread

Post by Farniente » Tue Dec 06, 2022 12:59 pm

Gabby is preening
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V2 is back and Gabby seems grumpy, haha... :yes:
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You posted first IrishEyes :huggie:

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Re: NE Florida 2022-2023 NestThread

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Re: NE Florida 2022-2023 NestThread

Post by IrishEyes » Tue Dec 06, 2022 2:20 pm

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Today at 5:32 PM
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Re: NE Florida 2022-2023 NestThread

Post by IrishEyes » Tue Dec 06, 2022 2:29 pm

5;20PM
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Re: NE Florida 2022-2023 NestThread

Post by IrishEyes » Tue Dec 06, 2022 5:13 pm

I am late getting back here
6:02
Gabby on the Wallenda Branches
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Re: NE Florida 2022-2023 NestThread

Post by IrishEyes » Tue Dec 06, 2022 5:37 pm

Chat said V2 on the left of the Cam
8:32pm
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