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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-1-56059886 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Richard (et al.), Some of the description kind of fits European goldfinch. Cheers, Andy On 12-Jul-10, at 10:13 PM, Richard Stern wrote: > Hi all, > > Any other ideas on this one? > > Richard > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Richard Stern <sternrichard@gmail.com> > Date: Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 10:11 PM > Subject: Re: Hi there Richard, I wright the Bird Column in our... > To: Heather Prime <birds_of_a_heather@hotmail.com> > > > Hi, > > The closest I can come up with, with at least some of those > features, would be a adult male Yellow-rumped Warbler, a species > which is abundant all over NS, including the Tiddvile area. I'll > pass this one around and see if anyone else has any other ideas. > > Richard > > > On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 8:08 PM, Heather Prime <birds_of_a_heather@hotmail.com > > wrote: > > Hi there Richard, > I wright the Bird Column in our local monthly newspaper "Passages" > here on Long Island. > I had a call from a lady who has seen a bird that I have no idea > what it could be. I was wondering if you could lend a hand. > Here goes as she described it to me: A bit larger than a purple > finch but with a thinner longer beak. The beak was almost > transparant (kinda pinkish)...2 yellow (almost square) spots on > sides of wings, Main colour was light grey with reddish orange on > his head and above eyes which meets black going back from the corner > of it's eyes. Tail feathers had black on them with white dots on > them as well. > She never had a camera. This was sighted just across the ferry on > the mainland in a little village called Tiddville as you go up the > neck from leaving East Ferry. She also said that it was eating finch > food... > Any ideas? > Thanks and will look forward in hearing from you if you have any > ideas. Sounds like it might be off course from somewhere. It was > there for 2 days. > Heather Prime > > _________________________________________________________________ > Game on: Challenge friends to great games on Messenger > http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9734387 > > > > -- > ################# > Dr.R.B.Stern, > P.O. Box 300, > Port Williams, > N.S., Canada, > B0P 1T0 > > Richard Stern, > 317 Middle Dyke Rd. > Port Williams, NS, Canada > B0P 1T0 > > sternrichard@gmail.com > ################### > > > > -- > ################# > Dr.R.B.Stern, > P.O. Box 300, > Port Williams, > N.S., Canada, > B0P 1T0 > > Richard Stern, > 317 Middle Dyke Rd. > Port Williams, NS, Canada > B0P 1T0 > > sternrichard@gmail.com > ################### --Apple-Mail-1-56059886 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; ">Hi Richard (et = al.),<div><br></div><div>Some of the description kind of fits European = goldfinch.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Andy</div><div><br><= div><div>On 12-Jul-10, at 10:13 PM, Richard Stern wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite">Hi = all,<br><br>Any other ideas on this one?<br><br>Richard<br><br><div = class=3D"gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: = <b class=3D"gmail_sendername">Richard Stern</b> <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a = href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com">sternrichard@gmail.com</a>></spa= n><br> Date: Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 10:11 PM<br>Subject: Re: Hi there = Richard, I wright the Bird Column in our...<br>To: Heather Prime <<a = href=3D"mailto:birds_of_a_heather@hotmail.com">birds_of_a_heather@hotmail.= com</a>><br> <br> <br>Hi,<br><br>The closest I can come up with, with = at least some of those features, would be a adult male Yellow-rumped = Warbler, a species which is abundant all over NS, including the Tiddvile = area. I'll pass this one around and see if anyone else has any other = ideas.<br> <br>Richard<div><div></div><div class=3D"h5"><br><br><div = class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 8:08 PM, Heather Prime = <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:birds_of_a_heather@hotmail.com" = target=3D"_blank">birds_of_a_heather@hotmail.com</a>></span> = wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt = 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: = 1ex;"> <br> Hi there Richard,<br> I wright the Bird Column in our local = monthly newspaper "Passages" here on Long Island.<br> I had a call from = a lady who has seen a bird that I have no idea what it could be. I was = wondering if you could lend a hand.<br> Here goes as she described it to = me: A bit larger than a purple finch but with a thinner longer beak. The = beak was almost transparant (kinda pinkish)...2 yellow (almost square) = spots on sides of wings, Main colour was light grey with reddish orange = on his head and above eyes which meets black going back from the corner = of it's eyes. Tail feathers had black on them with white dots on them as = well.<br> She never had a camera. This was sighted just across the ferry = on the mainland in a little village called Tiddville as you go up the = neck from leaving East Ferry. She also said that it was eating finch = food...<br> Any ideas?<br> Thanks and will look forward in hearing from = you if you have any ideas. Sounds like it might be off course from = somewhere. It was there for 2 days.<br> Heather Prime<br> <br> = _________________________________________________________________<br> = Game on: Challenge friends to great games on Messenger<br> <a = href=3D"http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=3D9734387" = target=3D"_blank">http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=3D9734387</a></blockquot= e></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br></div></div>-- = <br>#################<br>Dr.R.B.Stern, <br>P.O. Box 300,<br>