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Index of Subjects Hi Marg " This is where I am getting very confused. I have three birds that can be either Chipping, (I am pretty sure 2 are), and a third that may be a Clay coloured." Take a look at the photos of the Chipping/Clay-coloured sparrows. The quickest "easy" way to clinch the ID is to check the "Lores" (the partof the face between the eye and bill) if they're dark as to compleat an eyline through the eye to the bill then the bird is a Chipping Sp. If the lors are pale and give the bird an open face look then it's a Clay-coloured Sp. This is in my mind the best feild mark to look for untill you get use to the other more suttle differences. Hope this helps Tom K. Canso ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marg Millard" <mmillard@eastlink.ca> To: "naturens" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>; "James Hirtle" <jrhbirder@hotmail.com> Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 6:17 PM Subject: [NatureNS] White Point Christmas Count > Hi, I checked several times an hour and taken the most number of each bird > I had within that hour, then taken my best count for that bird for the > day. Confused?.......;?0 well so am I but that is how I think I am suppose > to do this. Any questions please feel free to ask. > The feeders were fairly busy today but the number of birds species is down > I think. > Mourning Doves: 50+ (enmasse at daybreak) > Blue Jays: 19 > Sparrows: White throats 9 > Song 4 > American tree 1 > This is where I am getting very confused. I have three > birds that can be either Chipping, (I am pretty sure 2 are), and a third > that may be a Clay coloured. Once again I took photos and would send them > along but they aren't good photos. I simply cannot decide. > European Starlings: 50+ > Brown-Headed Cow bird: 1.....spent most of the day here. > Juncos: 5 > Crows: 9 > Woodpeckers: Downy 3 males, 2 females > Hairy 2 females, 1 male > Chickadees: 13 > American Goldfinches: 1 > Sharp shinned hawk: 1 > Canada geese: 45+ > Shrike: 1 > > Marg Millard, White Point, Queens > http://MargMillard.ca >
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