[NatureNS] Mystery bird in Falmouth

Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 13:31:17 -0300
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Hi Patrick,

I agree with the others who have respopnded - you had a female Red-winged Blackbird under your feeders. I just did a quick Google Images for "female red-winged blackbird" and - no surprise - came up with dozens of photos which will give you some good comparisons with your own photos. Very striking markings on the female RWB I've always thought.

Cheers!

Gerry
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  From: Patrick Kelly 
  To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca 
  Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 10:22 AM
  Subject: [NatureNS] Mystery bird in Falmouth


  Hi everyone:

  There was a bird feeding on the ground under the feeders earlier this morning. By the time I got my camera a blue jay had arrived and startled it so that it went up into the tree. It was about the size of a starling, definitely larger than a sparrow. It did get a few pictures and while it does look like a female red-winged blackbird, and it was heavily streaked with black, and the eyestripe was white with a hint of yellow near the eye. Any ideas as to what this might be? Thanks.

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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Patrick,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I agree with the others who have respopnded - you 
had a female Red-winged Blackbird under your feeders. I just did a quick Google 
Images for "female red-winged blackbird" and - no surprise - came up with dozens 
of photos which will give you some good comparisons with your own photos. Very 
striking markings on the female RWB I've always thought.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cheers!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gerry</FONT></DIV>
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  <A title=patrick.kelly@dal.ca href="mailto:patrick.kelly@dal.ca">Patrick 
  Kelly</A> </DIV>
  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=naturens@chebucto.ns.ca 
  href="mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> </DIV>
  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, April 28, 2007 10:22 
  AM</DIV>
  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Mystery bird in 
  Falmouth</DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV>Hi everyone:<BR><BR>There was a bird feeding on the ground 
  under the feeders earlier this morning. By the time I got my camera a blue jay 
  had arrived and startled it so that it went up into the tree. It was about the 
  size of a starling, definitely larger than a sparrow. It did get a few 
  pictures and while it does look like a female red-winged blackbird, and it was 
  heavily streaked with black, and the eyestripe was white with a hint of yellow 
  near the eye. Any ideas as to what this might be? 
  Thanks.<BR><BR>http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Unknown1.JPG<BR>http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Unknown2.JPG<BR>http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Unknown3.JPG<BR>http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Unknown4.JPG<BR><?fontfamily><?param Courier><BR>==========================================================================<BR>Patrick 
  Kelly<BR>Director of Computer 
  Facilities<BR>==========================================================================<BR>Faculty 
  of Architecture and Planning<BR>Dalhousie 
  University<BR>==========================================================================<BR>PO 
  Box 1000 Stn Central 5410 Spring Garden Road<BR>Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 
  Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4<BR>Canada 
  Canada<BR>==========================================================================<BR>Phone:(902) 
  494-3294 FAX:(902) 423-6672 
  E-mail:patrick.kelly@dal.ca<BR>==========================================================================<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><?/fontfamily></BODY></HTML>

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