Yellow-rumped Warbler or Golden-crowned Kinglet? (And Another Unusual Contest Unfolds)
We put out the NovaBird (a remote, motion-activated camera) early this morning, and caught the following image. Now is that cool or what?
As we were rummaging through the 200 new pictures on the NovaBird, that one, (as blurry as it is) simply jumped out at us. Natch, a mad scramble for the bird books followed... Looks to be a Yellow-rumped Warbler, though a Golden-crowned Kinglet certainly ain't out of the question. What say you? (Use the "Comment" below to offer opinion.) In any event, we either haven't seen this coloration before (if the bird is a Yellow-rumped Warbler), or, we've never photographed a Kinglet before. Either way, this is exciting for us!
Alright, alright... Setting aside the bird fervor, we need another eBirdsedd.com contest. (Though no one won the last challenge (an encryption puzzle), we still have at least one person plugging away at the mystery. And keeping in spirit with the old contest, if anyone solves that puzzle, I'll still reward them with the old prize and send them chowdah and a signed pic of me wearing a mouseketeer beanie right out there on the clam flats.)
But now... Onward to a completely next contest...
Ok... Someone is going to win this one - the contest is open ended until we have a winner. We're simply looking for a good recipe for a true New York Pizzeria style pizza.
We're talking about that magical concoction of thin, almost crispy, (but NOT "doughy") crust cooked with that fresh tomato/oregano (or tomato/"something") sauce and topped with the perfect cheese. (Read that - no "California" accruements of salmon, tuna, or potatoes.... Just simple New York, cheese, thin-crust, pizzeria pizza.)
So who judges the contest??? Me, that's who... World's greatest pizza-holic! Been making pies for 38 years. (Also spent a couple weekends brewing beer and baking bread...)
The winning recipe should jive with a plain beverage like a Budweiser, or a Sprite.
(Jeez... In retrospect, this contest is tougher than the encryption puzzle!)
Regardless, see you by the feeders...
CapeCodAlan
P.S. So what do you win? Who knows? Somebody is going to win something cool... But what? What do you think the prize should be? (Let's stay on planet earth here. Again... Use that "comment" button!)
Comments
The difference in size -
Kinglet = 4"
Warbler = 5.5"
Can you measure your Suet feeder and figure out that bird's length?
{From CCA: The suet feeder is roughly 5" on the side, and the bird seems smaller than that. So it could be the Kinglet... But we're still leaning towards the Warbler.}
Posted by: jo | February 9, 2008 12:35 PM