next message in archive
next message in thread
previous message in archive
Index of Subjects
--Apple-Mail-337-1068660761 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi everyone: Yesterday a bird hit the window of my office. This is a fairly rate occurance and has always been either a chickadee or a goldfinch. When I looked out, it was still flapping around so I went outside with a box and a towel, hoping that it wasn't hurt too badly. I was quite surprised to find that it was a bird I had never seen before. I brought it around into the sun to keep it warm, but it died about 10 minutes after I got to it. The first two pictures were taken when it was alive, the final one after it died. http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/DeadBird1.jpg http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/DeadBird2.jpg http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/DeadBird3.jpg I'm not sure which type of vireo it is. My first guess, based on the eye-stripes would be red-eyed, except that while it was looking around while it was still alert and alive and the eye showed no red at all. The only other species i could imagine it being is a Philadelphia vireo, but although it seems to have the emerald green back, it does not have the yellow breast. I'll be taking it to the museum tomorrow, along with the frozen red-tailed hawk which has been occupying our freezer since late June. 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 ======================================================================== == --Apple-Mail-337-1068660761 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/enriched; charset=US-ASCII Hi everyone: Yesterday a bird hit the window of my office. This is a fairly rate occurance and has always been either a chickadee or a goldfinch. When I looked out, it was still flapping around so I went outside with a box and a towel, hoping that it wasn't hurt too badly. I was quite surprised to find that it was a bird I had never seen before. I brought it around into the sun to keep it warm, but it died about 10 minutes after I got to it. The first two pictures were taken when it was alive, the final one after it died. http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/DeadBird1.jpg http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/DeadBird2.jpg http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/DeadBird3.jpg I'm not sure which type of vireo it is. My first guess, based on the eye-stripes would be red-eyed, except that while it was looking around while it was still alert and alive and the eye showed no red at all. The only other species i could imagine it being is a Philadelphia vireo, but although it seems to have the emerald green back, it does not have the yellow breast. I'll be taking it to the museum tomorrow, along with the frozen red-tailed hawk which has been occupying our freezer since late June. Pat <fontfamily><param>Courier</param> ========================================================================== 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 ========================================================================== </fontfamily> --Apple-Mail-337-1068660761--
next message in archive
next message in thread
previous message in archive
Index of Subjects