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Index of Subjects ------=_Part_21760_9217149.1183341370470 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hi Pat, Even though it's Canada Day, I don't think your warbler is a Canada - it doesn't have the yellow spectacles, and dark gray back with sharp demarcation from the underparts, etc. - it looks like a Magnolia, probably a male beginning to fade or molt. I can't tell from these photos whether it has wing bars - Magnolias do and Canadas don't. Richard On 7/1/07, Patrick Kelly <patrick.kelly@dal.ca> wrote: > > Hello everyone: > > I have been busy atlassing of late. Today I had a few surprises. > > One on of the wood roads near Martock, i almost stepped on a frog. > After its first jump it was quite cooperative, and stayed still while I > took a few pictures. I'm still not sure if it is a northern leapard > frog, or a pickeral frog. > > http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Frog1.jpg > http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Frog2.jpg > > On the same road, I heard and had a good view of two chimney swifts. > > And, on the same road I saw, what at first glance looked like a > magnolia warbler,, but when it got closer, it looked more to me like a > Canada warbler, except that it has white patches near the eyes, which > has me somewhat confused It was not making any sounds, unfortunately. > > http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Canada1.jpg > http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Canada2.jpg > http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Canada3.jpg > http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Canada4.jpg > > If it is not a Canada warbler, please let me know. > > After snapping away pictures of this bird, when it finally flew away, I > took a step back and turned around and about four metres from me was a > white-tailed deer that was obviousy curious as to what I had been > doing. I don't have a picture so you con guess which of us was more > startled! > > Pat > > > > > ======================================================================== > == > Patrick Kelly > Director of Computer Facilities > ======================================================================== > == > Faculty of Architecture and Planning > Dalhousie University > ======================================================================== > == > PO Box 1000 Stn Central 5410 Spring Garden Road > Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 > Canada Canada > ======================================================================== > == > Phone:(902) 494-3294 FAX:(902) 423-6672 E-mail:patrick.kelly@dal.ca > ======================================================================== > == > -- ################# Richard Stern, 317 Middle Dyke Rd. Port Williams B0P 1T0 rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca rbstern@xcountry.tv sternrichard@gmail.com ################### ------=_Part_21760_9217149.1183341370470 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <div>Hi Pat,</div> <div> </div> <div>Even though it's Canada Day, I don't think your warbler is a Canada - it doesn't have the yellow spectacles, and dark gray back with sharp demarcation from the underparts, etc. - it looks like a Magnolia, probably a male beginning to fade or molt. I can't tell from these photos whether it has wing bars - Magnolias do and Canadas don't. </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>Richard<br><br> </div> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/1/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Patrick Kelly</b> <patrick.kelly@dal.ca> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Hello everyone:<br><br>I have been busy atlassing of late. Today I had a few surprises.<br><br>One on of the wood roads near Martock, i almost stepped on a frog. <br>After its first jump it was quite cooperative, and stayed still while I<br>took a few pictures. I'm still not sure if it is a northern leapard<br>frog, or a pickeral frog.<br><br><a href="http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Frog1.jpg"> http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Frog1.jpg</a><br>http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Frog2.jpg<br><br>On the same road, I heard and had a good view of two chimney swifts.<br><br>And, on the same road I saw, what at first glance looked like a <br>magnolia warbler,, but when it got closer, it looked more to me like a<br>Canada warbler, except that it has white patches near the eyes, which<br>has me somewhat confused It was not making any sounds, unfortunately. <br><br>http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Canada1.jpg
http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Canada2.jpg<br><a href="http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Canada3.jpg"> http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Canada3.jpg</a><br>http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Canada4.jpg<br><br>If it is not a Canada warbler, please let me know.<br><br>After snapping away pictures of this bird, when it finally flew away, I <br>took a step back and turned around and about four metres from me was a<br>white-tailed deer that was obviousy curious as to what I had been<br>doing. I don't have a picture so you con guess which of us was more<br> startled!<br><br>Pat<br><br><br><br><br>========================================================================<br>==<br>Patrick Kelly<br>Director of Computer Facilities<br>======================================================================== <br>==<br>Faculty of Architecture and Planning<br>Dalhousie University<br>========================================================================<br>==<br>PO Box 1000 Stn Central 5410 Spring Garden Road<br> Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4<br>Canada &nb