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--Apple-Mail-70--91386792 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi Steve, Clearly an albino patch. On this same page, viz-a-viz P8200018-spider, your "Colleague's big spider": this is Argiope aurantia, the so-called "Black and Yellow Argipope." Cheers, Chris On 11-Mar-07, at 2:50 PM, Stephen Shaw wrote: > We've also had a couple of these irregularly this winter, which > generally has > been a thin one here for birds compared to last winter, except for > our regular > Downy WPs. Activity at feeders very quiet. > One of these individuals looks like a song sparrow except that it > has a white > patch across its head, presumably an albino patch. The patch runs > the wrong way > for a white-crowned sparrow. Haven't seen it for over a week. > I've put a > couple of earlier shots of its front end peeping out of a bush on > Flickr, if > anyone wants to try to confirm the ID or suggest something different: > www.flickr.com/photos/steve_1968 > (last 2 photos uploaded; shot through a kitchen window so could be > clearer) > Steve, Halifax > *********************** > Quoting Eleanor Lindsay <az678@chebucto.ns.ca>: >> I have had 2 -4 song sparrows at my feeders all winter, every >> winter for at least two decades! >> Eleanor Lindsay, >> Seabright, St Margarets Bay >> >> David&Jane Schlosberg wrote: >>> After a good, long look, I'm quite sure that I have a young song >>> sparrow at my feeder. _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. Christopher Majka - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6 (902) 424-6435 Email <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. --Apple-Mail-70--91386792 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Steve,<DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Clearly an albino = patch.</DIV><DIV><BR class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span">On this same page, viz-a-viz=A0P8200018-spider,= your "Colleague's big spider": this is <I>Argiope aurantia</I>, the = so-called "Black and Yellow Argipope."</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Cheers,</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Chris</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV= >On 11-Mar-07, at 2:50 PM, Stephen Shaw wrote:</DIV><BR = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">We've also had a couple of these irregularly this = winter, which generally has</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">been a thin = one here for birds compared to last winter, except for our = regular</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Downy WPs. Activity at feeders = very quiet.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">One of these individuals looks = like a song sparrow except that it has a white</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">patch across its head, presumably an albino patch. = The patch runs the wrong way</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">for a = white-crowned sparrow.<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 = </SPAN>Haven't seen it for over a week.<SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>I've put a</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">couple of earlier shots of its front end peeping out = of a bush on Flickr, if</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">anyone wants = to try to confirm the ID or suggest something different:</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">www.flickr.com/photos/steve_1968</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">(last 2 photos uploaded; shot through a kitchen = window so could be clearer)</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Steve, = Halifax</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">***********************</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Quoting = Eleanor Lindsay <<A = href=3D"mailto:az678@chebucto.ns.ca">az678@chebucto.ns.ca</A>>:</DIV> = <BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I have had 2 -4 song = sparrows at my feeders all winter, every winter for at least two = decades!</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Eleanor Lindsay,</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Seabright, St Margarets Bay</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">David&Jane Schlosberg wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">After a good, long look, I'm quite sure that I have = a young song sparrow at my feeder.</DIV> = </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV> <P style=3D"margin:= 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px = Times">_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._= ._._._.</FONT></P> <P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT = face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Times">Christopher Majka = - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History</FONT></P> <P style=3D"margin: = 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Times">1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada<SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>B3H 3A6</FONT></P> <P = style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Times">(902) 424-6435 <SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>Email <<A = href=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca</A>></F= ONT></P> <P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times"= size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Times">_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._= ._._._.</FONT></P> </DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>= --Apple-Mail-70--91386792--
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