[NatureNS] Mystery birds reported in Windsor at the end of December

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Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 20:00:35 -0500 (EST)
From: Suzanne Borkowski <suzanneborkowski@yahoo.ca>
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Hi Pat;

I wonder if she could have meant Snow Buntings??? 
These little black and white birds have
buffy/brownish/reddish/yellowish colouring on their
heads.  A bit of a stretch but it's the only bird I
can think of that might fit.

Cheers;
Suzanne


 

--- Patrick Kelly <patrick.kelly@dal.ca> wrote:

> Hi everyone:
> 
> On the day of the West Hants CBC,  I was at the
> Sure-Gain in the  
> Windsor Industrial Park as they normally have a
> flock of house sparrows  
> that live in the stack of empty pallaets near the
> loading area. I  
> talking to one of the workers there, ash they do
> throw bird seed out on  
> the driveway for the birds. She said that about a
> week before, she had  
> seen a small number of finch-sized birds that had a
> body that was black  
> and white, and the head was mostly red and yellow.
> She mentioned it to  
> a friend who had seen several in Gore. That person
> had heard something  
> on the radio about them being a relatively new bird
> that was expanding  
> its range northward.
> 
> I don't think that she was pulling my leg, but I
> really have no idea  
> what this bird could have been. I did ask them to
> call me if they  
> returned, but so far no sign of them...
> 
> Pat
> 
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