[NatureNS] Problem with grosbeak.

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Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 18:40:25 -0300
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Hi.

Looks to me like it may be still molting some head feathers, and is not yet
in full plumage. We had a similar one in our back yard this afternoon, with
more white patches on the wings as well. However, obviously,some sort of
sickness cannot be ruled out.

Richard

On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 2:40 PM, Andy Dean <aadean@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:

>  I have posted two images of a rose-breasted grosbeak on the FlickR site,
> the bird has strange white marks on the head and I wonder if it is
> sickly....can anyone enlighten me?  Andy
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/oozlumbird/
>
> Andy & Lelia Dean
> 86 Baden Powell Drive
> Kentville, NS. Canada. B4N 5P5
> Tel: [902] 678-6243
>
> aadean@ns.sympatico.ca
>



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Hi.<br><br>Looks to me like it may be still molting some head feathers, and is not yet in full plumage. We had a similar one in our back yard this afternoon, with more white patches on the wings as well. However, obviously,some sort of sickness cannot be ruled out.<br>
<br>Richard<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 2:40 PM, Andy Dean &lt;aadean@ns.sympatico.ca&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">






<div bgcolor="#ffffff">
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">I have posted two images of a rose-breasted 
grosbeak on the FlickR site, the bird has strange white marks on the head and I 
wonder if it is sickly....can anyone enlighten me?&nbsp; Andy</font></div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">http://www.flickr.com/photos/oozlumbird/</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font>&nbsp;</div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Andy &amp; Lelia Dean<br>86 Baden Powell 
Drive<br>Kentville, NS. Canada. B4N 5P5<br>Tel: [902] 678-6243</font></div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">aadean@ns.sympatico.ca</font></div></div>
</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>#################<br>Dr.Richard Stern, <br>70 Exhibition St.<br>Kentville, NS, Canada<br>B4N 4K9<br><br>Richard Stern, <br>317 Middle Dyke Rd.<br>Port Williams, NS, Canada<br>
B0P 1T0<br><br>rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca
rbstern@xcountry.tv
sternrichard@gmail.com<br> ################### ------=_Part_9793_3077019.1211751625702--

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