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Index of Subjects Thank you all for your warm welcomes to N.S. and the nslist .... and for the correct ID of female (or immature) purple finches . Liz, this posting was my "reporting". A friend put me in touch with Judy Tufts who contacted Ian McLaren to confirm the ID of the Indigo Bunting and it was Judy who told me about NatureNS. Is there some other kind of reporting one can/should do? Anna Gardner 1181 Russia Road, RR# 3 Black Rock, NS B0P 1V0 On 5/1/07, jan foley <jfoley572001@yahoo.ca> wrote: > > > > Welcome Anna,..wonderful pictures and so many..I have a mate to your unfortunate indigo male. she's just arrived this morning. Your "Savannahs" are definately purple finches...have fun getting familiar with the areas feathered friends. > Cheers then, I look forward to your postings! > > Jan Foley > Head of Jeddore > > Anna Gardner <annagardner.ns@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > I'm new to the province, to naturens, and to having the time to actually observe and enjoy birds in the country. We have enjoyed the usual Blue Jays and Mourning Doves and Black-capped Chickadees and Dark-eyed Juncos all winter. Also, American Goldfinches and their recent change into breeding plumage and lately, lots of beautiful Purple Finches (to me they look like they've spilled strawberry jam all over themselves). Right now I'm trying to identify various brown birds that I think are sparrows. No use trying to describe the subtleties of their markings ... so here is a link to some photos we've taken: > > http://picasaweb.google.com/annagardner.ns/Sparrows > > > Our highlight so far was seeing an Indigo Bunting, the one that Judy Tufts mentioned a while ago. Ian McLaren confirmed it was a first year spring male that was moulting. If you're interested, here are some photos: > > http://picasaweb.google.com/annagardner.ns/IndigoBunting > > The sad news is that a few days later I found feathers outside between the feeder and the house. After talking with Judy we feel that the little fella' was likely taken by a Sharp-Shinned Hawk .... my first introduction to the "Sharpies" brutal m.o. with their prey ... > > Any help with sparrows would be appreciated. I'm using N.G. Field Guide 4th Edition > > Anna > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail > >
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