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--0-805626428-1273285967=:17632 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, =A0 There was an interesting bird at my grandmother's house close to her door o= n Wednesday. I didn't see it and was not at home when she called to tell me= of it but from the description it sounds like an orange variant scarlet ta= nager. The body was orangey, including the head, and the wings and tail wer= e black and it was a little smaller than a robin. I recall a few years ago = there was an orange scarlet tanager in the same vicinity. How frequent does= the orange shade occur? Have any scarlet tanagers been sighted in NS yet? =A0 The mockingbird that first was seen by Carl Haycock is still in the same ne= ighbourhood... I saw it again on Wednesday evening, perched on an aerial on= a person's house, noisily singing away.=20 =A0 I thought I saw an oriole flying away from my lilac bush last weekend, wher= e I had an orange half stuck on a branch, but I cannot be definitive on thi= s and did not see the bird again (it looked as if=A0it was a duller orange,= not bright and vibrant). However, something has been eating the oranges I = have been putting out since late April, but that could easily be other bird= s.=20 =A0 At my feeders this week have been purple finches, goldfinches, white throat= ed sparrows, juncoes, chipping sparrows, white crowned sparrows, song sparr= ows, blue jay, rose breasted grosbeaks (2). =A0 Have a great weekend! Laura T Westport, Brier Island=0A=0A --0-805626428-1273285967=:17632 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <table cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" border=3D"0" ><tr><td valign=3D"= top" style=3D"font: inherit;"><DIV id=3Dyiv888977876> <DIV>Hi,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>There was an interesting bird at my grandmother's house close to her d= oor on Wednesday. I didn't see it and was not at home when she called to te= ll me of it but from the description it sounds like an orange variant scarl= et tanager. The body was orangey, including the head, and the wings and tai= l were black and it was a little smaller than a robin. I recall a few years= ago there was an orange scarlet tanager in the same vicinity. How frequent= does the orange shade occur? Have any scarlet tanagers been sighted in NS = yet?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The mockingbird that first was seen by Carl Haycock is still in the sa= me neighbourhood... I saw it again on Wednesday evening, perched on an aeri= al on a person's house, noisily singing away. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I thought I saw an oriole flying away from my lilac bush last weekend,= where I had an orange half stuck on a branch, but I cannot be definitive o= n this and did not see the bird again (it looked as if it was a duller= orange, not bright and vibrant). However, something has been eating the or= anges I have been putting out since late April, but that could easily be ot= her birds. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>At my feeders this week have been purple finches, goldfinches, white t= hroated sparrows, juncoes, chipping sparrows, white crowned sparrows, song = sparrows, blue jay, rose breasted grosbeaks (2).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Have a great weekend!</DIV> <DIV>Laura T</DIV> <DIV>Westport, Brier Island</DIV></DIV></td></tr></table><br> --0-805626428-1273285967=:17632--
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