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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000E_01C8665C.D6F60190 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I would put my money on a female, or immature purple finch. The 'vee' tail , heavy beak , and streaked sides, plus the location and = attitude are all suggestive of that species to me . Andy Andy & Lelia Dean 86 Baden Powell Drive Kentville, NS. Canada. B4N 5P5 Tel: [902] 678-6243 aadean@ns.sympatico.ca From: Sherman Williams=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 11:16 AM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Mystery bird found in old pictures Acting on first impulse: That particular pattern of heavy = reddish-brown streaking on the breast and underneath combined with the = larger size, had me think: Fox Sparrow but I havn't seen many Fox = Sparrows in N.S. when the larch has its needles but I'm sure its = possible. I'll send this and then check my bird books. Sherm Sherman Williams shermw@xcountry.tv On 3-Feb-08, at 10:55 AM, Patrick Kelly wrote: Hi everyone: I'm finally finding some time to clean up some a lot of the pictures = from my digital camera and came across two pictures from June 20 of = 2006. The bird was up in a tall larch tree so I was not able to get the = best picture of it. Any guesses? http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Larch1.jpg http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Larch2.jpg I wonder what else I am going to find, as I still have another 12 = folders of pictures to sort out! Pat ------=_NextPart_000_000E_01C8665C.D6F60190 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.3243" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY=20 style=3D"WORD-WRAP: break-word; webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = webkit-line-break: after-white-space"=20 bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I would put my money on a female, or = immature=20 purple finch.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The 'vee' tail , heavy beak , and = streaked sides,=20 plus the location and attitude are all suggestive of that = species to=20 me .</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Andy</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Andy & Lelia Dean<BR>86 Baden = Powell=20 Drive<BR>Kentville, NS. Canada. B4N 5P5<BR>Tel: [902] = 678-6243</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"mailto:aadean@ns.sympatico.ca">aadean@ns.sympatico.ca</A></FONT><= /DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><B>From:</B> <A title=3Dshermw@xcountry.tv=20 href=3D"mailto:shermw@xcountry.tv">Sherman Williams</A> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, February 03, 2008 = 11:16=20 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] Mystery = bird=20 found in old pictures</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Acting on first impulse: That particular pattern = of heavy=20 reddish-brown streaking on the breast and underneath combined = with the=20 larger size, had me think: Fox Sparrow but I havn't seen many = Fox=20 Sparrows in N.S. when the larch has its needles but I'm sure its = possible. <DIV><BR class=3Dwebkit-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV>I'll send this and then check my bird books.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> Sherm</DIV> <DIV><BR> <DIV><SPAN class=3DApple-style-span=20 style=3D"WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: = none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; = LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; border-spacing: 0px = 0px; khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; apple-text-size-adjust: = auto; orphans: 2; widows: 2"> <DIV>Sherman Williams</DIV> <DIV><A = href=3D"mailto:shermw@xcountry.tv">shermw@xcountry.tv</A></DIV> <DIV><BR class=3Dkhtml-block-placeholder></DIV><BR=20 class=3DApple-interchange-newline></SPAN></DIV><BR> <DIV> <DIV>On 3-Feb-08, at 10:55 AM, Patrick Kelly wrote:</DIV><BR=20 class=3DApple-interchange-newline> <BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" = face=3DHelvetica=20 size=3D3>Hi everyone:</FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px = Helvetica"><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" = face=3DHelvetica=20 size=3D3>I'm finally finding some time to clean up some a lot of the = pictures=20 from my digital camera and came across two pictures from June 20 of = 2006.=20 The bird was up in a tall larch tree so I was not able to get the = best=20 picture of it. Any guesses?</FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px = Helvetica"><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" = face=3DHelvetica=20 size=3D3><A=20 = href=3D"http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Larch1.jpg">http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkel= ly/Larch1.jpg</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" = face=3DHelvetica=20 size=3D3><A=20 = href=3D"http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Larch2.jpg">http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkel= ly/Larch2.jpg</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px = Helvetica"><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" = face=3DHelvetica=20 size=3D3>I wonder what else I am going to find, as I still have = another 12=20 folders of pictures to sort out!</FONT&