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Posted by John Boyd on 06:55:28 02/09/13
In Reply to: Re: Tall Cypress - Waxwings are back! posted by Brian Monk
Pyle only says that discolor has more chestnut in each age/sex category. He doesn't give any real guidance on separating them.
In breeding season, paluicola is highly coastal, mostly in mangroves. It's considered sedentary.
I have always assumed that most of the wintering Prairies away from the coast (eg. at Tall Cypress, western Miami-Dade, Anhinga Trail, Corkscrew, etc.) are the nominate race, but I haven't been able to find any hard evidence on this. Just that some migrants seem to stop and stay the winter. I suppose it could be that the coastal birds move inland during migration and that they are the ones staying.
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