Well, it’s an “LBJ,” or “little brown job.”
In an article in the June 2017 Birding, winging its way to ABA members right now, Priscilla Lai and colleagues analyze this mystery bird—and others like it. Lai and coauthors provide facts and data in their article, but they also acknowledge that there’s still a fair bit to learn about birds like the one depicted here. We’ll have more to say about that in a later forum. In the meantime: Any thoughts about this month’s Birding photo quiz?
In an article in the June 2017 Birding, Priscilla Lai and colleagues analyze our mystery bird–and a suite of others that look just like it!