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--Boundary_(ID_xXT8q+6Z2Zve75iupZ7Kew) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Hi Fritz and Angus, Althought the angle is not great, on my monitor I'm seeing good contrast between the bird's reddish tail and the olive brown back/upper parts. I don't see anything in this photo that would make me think that this isn't a Hermit Thrush. All the best, Lance ==================== Lance Laviolette Glen Robertson, Ont. ==================== ________________________________ From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Angus MacLean Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 10:57 AM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] FW: photo ID's? Fritz McEvoy wrote: Interesting shot of the thrush, Fritz, and good quality still taken from a video!! Likely someone has already I.D. it for you but it's quite a challenge especially since Bicknell's nest so close to you!! This bird is quite young and hasn't developed much of anything! No colour on the lower mandible, very little colour if any on the tail, face/cheeks are so gray it could be a Gray-cheeked, very light markings on the underside & an overall flat tone to the upperparts. The primary projection marks it as a Hermit but little else to go on. Perhaps Lance can offer a better analysis since he has undoubtedly banded such individuals. Angus Hi All, I'm catching up on some video editing and have some ID questions about two birds that I thought I'd throw out for confirmation. The first is a thrush that I'm pretty sure is a Hermit but has some marks of the Bicknell's or Gray-cheeked Thrush. It hit a window so looks a little stunned. The second is a Barn Swallow; probably 1st year; that has some features of the Eurasian subspecies. It looks a little unhappy as it was raining when it made the video. If anyone wants to have a look I've uploaded them on Picasa. http://picasaweb.google.com/atlasmaritimes26/ThrushSwallow# On another note; my local Sharpie seems to have got his hunting technique down pat. He's taken a Blue Jay on two successive days in almost the exact same location of my yard. --Boundary_(ID_xXT8q+6Z2Zve75iupZ7Kew) Content-type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=us-ascii" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18876"></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=983011316-09032010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>Hi Fritz and Angus,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=983011316-09032010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=983011316-09032010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>Althought the angle is not great, on my monitor I'm seeing good contrast between the bird's reddish tail and the olive brown back/upper parts. I don't see anything in this photo that would make me think that this isn't a Hermit Thrush.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=983011316-09032010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=983011316-09032010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>All the best,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=983011316-09032010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=983011316-09032010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>Lance</FONT></SPAN></DIV><!-- Converted from text/rtf format --> <P><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">====================</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">Lance Laviolette</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">Glen Robertson, Ont.</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">====================</FONT></SPAN> <BR></P> <DIV dir=ltr lang=en-us class=OutlookMessageHeader align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Angus MacLean<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 09, 2010 10:57 AM<BR><B>To:</B> naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] FW: photo ID's?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV>Fritz McEvoy wrote: <BR>Interesting shot of the thrush, Fritz, and good quality still taken from a video!!<BR><BR>Likely someone has already I.D. it for you but it's quite a challenge especially since Bicknell's nest so close to you!!<BR><BR>This bird is quite young and hasn't developed much of anything! No colour on the lower mandible, very little colour if any on the tail, face/cheeks are so gray it could be a Gray-cheeked, very light markings on the underside & an overall flat tone to the upperparts. The primary projection marks it as a Hermit but little else to go on. Perhaps Lance can offer a better analysis since he has undoubtedly banded such individuals.<BR>Angus<BR> <BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">Hi All,<BR> I'm catching up on some video editing and have some ID questions about two birds that I thought I'd throw out for confirmation. <BR> The first is a thrush that I'm pretty sure is a Hermit but has some marks of the Bicknell's or Gray-cheeked Thrush. It hit a window so looks a little stunned. <BR> The second is a Barn Swallow; probably 1st year; that has some features of the Eurasian subspecies. It looks a little unhappy as it was raining when it made the video.<BR> If anyone wants to have a look I've uploaded them on Picasa.<BR> <A href="http://picasaweb.google.com/atlasmaritimes26/ThrushSwallow">http://picasaweb.google.com/atlasmaritimes26/ThrushSwallow</A># <BR> On another note; my local Sharpie seems to have got his hunting technique down pat. He's taken a Blue Jay on two successive days in almost the exact same location of my yard. <BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_xXT8q+6Z2Zve75iupZ7Kew)--
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