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class= This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00DA_01CBAB83.1CFFC220 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 1. Junco? its beak looks so junk-o-y 2. Ruddy Duck? due to the field marks on its head and on its small size 3. Black Tern ----- Original Message ----- From: Patrick Kelly To: NatureNS Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 7:56 PM Subject: [NatureNS] Three mystery "western" birds in Saskatchewan Hi everyone: I was cleaning up some folders with pictures from a trip I made to Cypress Hills in Saskatchewan in August 2008. There were three birds that I was not able to identify so I thought I would give others a shot at seeing if they can determine what they are. I put "western" in quotes as I came across another misnamed bird when I was on this trip. A western kingbird's normal range is, as expected, roughly west of the Mississippi River. On the other hand, an eastern kingbird is found anywhere east of the Okanagan Valley. I mean, really! This one was in an area of mostly hardwood. http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/MysteryWest1.jpg These were on a freshwater lake. There were adult red-necked grebes in the area, but these were on their own, and the bills look more duck-like to me. http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/MysteryWest2.jpg Also on a freshwater lake, if this is an adult gull, it should have more breeding plummage; it looks to me like one of the small gulls but winter plumage is August? There was also a black tern at this lake which was a lifer for me, but never stopped long enough for a picture! http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/MysteryWest3.jpg As always, any help is greatly appreciated! Pat ------=_NextPart_000_00DA_01CBAB83.1CFFC220 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.18999"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY=20 style=3D"WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"=20 bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">1. Junco? its beak looks so = junk-o-y=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV>2. Ruddy Duck? due to the field marks on its head and on its small=20 size</DIV> <DIV>3. Black Tern </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----=20 <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A=20 title=3Dpatrick.kelly@dal.ca = href=3D"mailto:patrick.kelly@dal.ca">Patrick Kelly</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">NatureNS</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 03, 2011 7:56 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Three mystery "western" birds in=20 Saskatchewan</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Hi everyone: <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>I was cleaning up some folders with pictures from a trip I made to = Cypress=20 Hills in Saskatchewan in August 2008. There were three birds that I was = not able=20 to identify so I thought I would give others a shot at seeing if they = can=20 determine what they are. I put "western" in quotes as I came across = another=20 misnamed bird when I was on this trip. A western kingbird's normal range = is, as=20 expected, roughly west of the Mississippi River. On the other hand, an = eastern=20 kingbird is found anywhere east of the Okanagan Valley. I mean, = really!</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>This one was in an area of mostly hardwood.</DIV> <DIV><A=20 href=3D"http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/MysteryWest1.jpg">http://myweb.dal.ca= /pmkelly/MysteryWest1.jpg</A></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>These were on a freshwater lake. There were adult red-necked grebes = in the=20 area, but these were on their own, and the bills look more duck-like to=20 me.</DIV> <DIV><A=20 href=3D"http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/MysteryWest2.jpg">http://myweb.dal.ca= /pmkelly/MysteryWest2.jpg</A></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Also on a freshwater lake, if this is an adult gull, it should have = more=20 breeding plummage; it looks to me like one of the small gulls but winter = plumage=20 is August? There was also a black tern at this lake which was a lifer = for me,=20 but never stopped long enough for a picture!</DIV> <DIV><A=20 href=3D"http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/MysteryWest3.jpg">http://myweb.dal.ca= /pmkelly/MysteryWest3.jpg</A></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>As always, any help is greatly appreciated!</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Pat</DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_00DA_01CBAB83.1CFFC220--
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