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My first female arrived this weekend as well - About 3 weeks after the males. The most striking male decided it was time to show is stuff by perching on top of the feeder, ruffling up the head feathers, wagging the tail up and down, and flashing his intensely colour wings. She though was much happier having a feed all day after a long flight I think.
Other arrivals this weekend,
Ruby crowned kinglets, flickers, chipping sparrow, and piedbilled grebe - First for the property.
Rob Woods
Georgefield
Gerry & Jennifer Lunn <arpeggio@eastlink.ca> wrote:
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
----- Original Message -----
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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Dalhousie University
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<div>My first female arrived this weekend as well - About 3 weeks after the males. The most striking male decided it was time to show is stuff by perching on top of the feeder, ruffling up the head feathers, wagging the tail up and down, and flashing his intensely colour wings. She though was much happier having a feed all day after a long flight I think.</div> <div> </div> <div>Other arrivals this weekend, </div> <div> </div> <div>Ruby crowned kinglets, flickers, chipping sparrow, and piedbilled grebe - First for the property.</div> <div> </div> <div>Rob Woods</div> <div>Georgefield<BR><BR><B><I>Gerry & Jennifer Lunn <arpeggio@eastlink.ca></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16414" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Patrick,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </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> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cheers!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gerry</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> Patrick Kelly </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt
arial"><B>To:</B> naturens@chebucto.ns.ca </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></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p> 
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