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Index of Subjects --Boundary_(ID_9PIbfy9gCuDNBGGKY2sJ0g) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT A followup: the Indigo Bunting has not been seen since its anomalous visit here on Thursday (May 20) and I've not heard of anyone else in the area who has seen it. Sherman On 20/05/2010, at 9:04 PM, Sherman Williams wrote: > > I had this most interesting visitor today at Horton Bluff > (Avonport), a male Indigo Bunting!. He was here at my feeder area, > on and off most of the afternoon from about 2 p.m. , last here > about 7:p.m. Very wary. It did not take much to put him to > flight, where he would disappear for 10 or 15 min before putting in > another brief appearance. The only photos I could manage were at a > distance and through 2 panes of glass (kitchen window overlooking > feeder area). This is the first of this species I've had at my > feeder. Only other one I've observed was one at Mrs. Urban's feeder > (Avonport) several years ago. > > The crowning sight, about 7 p.m., was my male Rose-breasted > Grosbeak and the bunting, side by side, about 20 or 30 cm apart, > together on the platform feeder. What a colourful sight that was. > By the time I had the camera in hand the grosbeak had flown and > the bunting left a few seconds later. > > Here is a link to a few photos I managed, (through window glass and > the zoom pushed a bit much). > http://gallery.me.com/sherm39/100183 > > > Sherman --Boundary_(ID_9PIbfy9gCuDNBGGKY2sJ0g) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> <div>A followup: the Indigo Bunting has not been seen since its = anomalous visit here on Thursday (May 20) and I've not heard of anyone = else in the area who has seen = it.</div><div><br></div><div>Sherman</div><br><div><div>On 20/05/2010, = at 9:04 PM, Sherman Williams wrote: </div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"> = <div><br></div><div>I had this most interesting visitor today at Horton = Bluff (Avonport), a male Indigo Bunting!. He was here at my feeder = area, on and off most of the afternoon from about 2 p.m. , last here = about 7:p.m. Very wary. It did not take much to put him to = flight, where he would disappear for 10 or 15 min before putting in = another brief appearance. The only photos I could manage were at a = distance and through 2 panes of glass (kitchen window overlooking feeder = area). This is the first of this species I've had at my feeder. = Only other one I've observed was one at Mrs. Urban's feeder (Avonport) = several years ago.</div><div><br></div><div>The crowning sight, about 7 = p.m., was my male Rose-breasted Grosbeak and the bunting, side by side, = about 20 or 30 cm apart, together on the platform feeder. = What a colourful sight that was. By the time I had the camera in hand = the grosbeak had flown and the bunting left a few seconds = later.</div><div><br></div><div>Here is a link to a few photos I = managed, (through window glass and the zoom pushed a bit = much).</div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: = 18px; "><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" color=3D"#1D1D1D"><font = class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-size: 11px;"><a = href=3D"http://gallery.me.com/sherm39/100183">http://gallery.me.com/sherm3= 9/100183</a></span></font></font></span></div><div><font = class=3D"Apple-style-span" color=3D"#1D1D1D" size=3D"3"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 11px; line-height: = 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" = color=3D"#1D1D1D" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-size: 11px; line-height: = 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" = color=3D"#1D1D1D" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-size: 11px; line-height: = 18px;">Sherman</span></font></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_9PIbfy9gCuDNBGGKY2sJ0g)--
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