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The House Wren was singing from the same bush today in the predawn, despite the showers. Later near noon I finally got a good look at that orangy tinted bunting, but alas it was just a slightly richer that normal Indigo with a strong wingbar. For many years in my ignorance I was happily calling all such buntings Indigos. Until one fall several years ago I stumbled across Ian McLaren carefully checking out a number of Indigo Buntings in the Back Cove at Hartlen Point in hopes of finding a Lazuli Bunting. Now over a decade later after viewing many, many Indigo Buntings I still have nothing to show for my efforts. I think that after another decade (or maybe two) I might try and kick the habit. I sort of feel like a smoker that can’t quite butt out that last bunting. Of course Sibley doesn’t help either with his tantalizing green dots all over eastern North America for this species. So, in short if you currently simply enjoy looking at fall Indigo
Buntings, don’t go birding with Ian and stay away from the map on page 468 of The Sibley Guide to Birding. - All the Best in Birding, Clarence
--- On Sun, 10/12/08, Clarence Stevens <birder_ca@yahoo.com> wrote:
> From: Clarence Stevens <birder_ca@yahoo.com>
> Subject: [NatureNS] House Wren Etc, City Field Dump
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> Received: Sunday, October 12, 2008, 10:32 PM
> House Wren Etc, City Field Dump
> Hi All, I arrived just before dawn at the City Field Dump
> and in the “just light enough to see silhouettes” phase
> of the morning the House Wren was belting out its song, in a
> last multiflora rose bush, on the left side of the road, at
> the extreme left-hand end of the road, just before it
> terminates at the container pier fence. When I pished, the
> wren immediately flew from the top of the bush and took off
> at least 400 meters to the right. Apparently he was really
> pished off at me. Later on, I saw it back near the
> container pier fence. I found 2 of the 7 Indigo Buntings,
> that Dad & I saw earlier in the week and only one of the
> Lark Sparrows. Also, present there today was an eastern
> Palm Warbler and the Yellow-billed Cuckoo. However, the
> best bird of the day was the turkey at my parent’s place.
> Between the dump and the Fairview Cemetery, Mike and I
> “dug up” 39 species. Thanks to Dave and Azor for taking
> the initiative and for willing to be
> down in the dump. - All the Best in Birding, Clarence
>
>
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