I don't know if this is enough for a full-fledged 'Audubon's' but I thought the yellow wash on the throat was interesting... f/5.6, iso 400, 1/1000
In favor of the Myrtle type are the dark, contrasting cheek patch and the white eyeline...
Good shot, Kent. I can see signs of both Myrtle and
Audubon's heritage in this guy, so I'd call it an
introgressent (saving 'hybrid' for those cases where
two separate species are involved).
It has a nice yellow area in the middle of the throat,
but in Audubon's the yellow would extend right up to
the gray, and there'd be no white separating the two.
The way the white sides of the throat curl up around
the rear of the ear coverts is pure Myrtle.
The greater secondary coverts aren't as extensively
white as I usually see in Audubon's, but the edges of
at least the inner ones are whiter than I'd expect in
a Myrtle.
Audubon's heritage in this guy, so I'd call it an
introgressent (saving 'hybrid' for those cases where
two separate species are involved).
It has a nice yellow area in the middle of the throat,
but in Audubon's the yellow would extend right up to
the gray, and there'd be no white separating the two.
The way the white sides of the throat curl up around
the rear of the ear coverts is pure Myrtle.
The greater secondary coverts aren't as extensively
white as I usually see in Audubon's, but the edges of
at least the inner ones are whiter than I'd expect in
a Myrtle.
Cheers,
Pete