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This is a multipart message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_sf2uo7qt5sDLa0OGQGOreQ) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT To: all From: John Sollows Date: Oct. 12/11 Yup, there was a wren flipping in and out of a wood pile about ten feet from me this morning, before disappearing into a tangle of Forsythia. The sun was behind me, viewing conditions were patchy shade and just bad enough to frustrate a positive identification. Looked too grey for a winter wren, I saw no eye ring, but there did seem to be a very faint dark stripe through the eye. Could not see the belly. Tail-to-body proportion looked wrong for a winter wren, as well. Years ago, we had a house wren serenade us for a day in May. Wow! I have never heard such a small bird sing with that sort of volume! This little guy just cheeped loudly at me, but was not particularly shy. About a year later, a winter wren scurried across the walk into the house and disappeared into a tangle of Solomon's Seal. Very wee and very dark: unmistakable. All things considered, I suspect another house wren, but cannot be positive. --Boundary_(ID_sf2uo7qt5sDLa0OGQGOreQ) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" = xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta = http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"><meta name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft Word 14 = (filtered medium)"><style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:windowtext;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;} @page WordSection1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext=3D"edit" spidmax=3D"1026" /> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext=3D"edit"> <o:idmap v:ext=3D"edit" data=3D"1" /> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=3DEN-CA link=3Dblue = vlink=3Dpurple><div class=3DWordSection1><p class=3DMsoNormal>To: = all<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal>From: John Sollows<o:p></o:p></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>Date: = Oct. 12/11<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal>Yup, there was a wren flipping in and out of a wood = pile about ten feet from me this morning, before disappearing into a = tangle of Forsythia. The sun was behind me, viewing conditions = were patchy shade and just bad enough to frustrate a positive = identification. Looked too grey for a winter wren, I saw no eye = ring, but there did seem to be a very faint dark stripe through the = eye. Could not see the belly. Tail-to-body proportion looked = wrong for a winter wren, as well.<o:p></o:p></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>Years ago, = we had a house wren serenade us for a day in May. Wow! I = have never heard such a small bird sing with that sort of volume! = This little guy just cheeped loudly at me, but was not particularly = shy. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal>About a year later, a winter wren scurried across the = walk into the house and disappeared into a tangle of Solomon’s = Seal. Very wee and very dark: unmistakable.<o:p></o:p></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>All things = considered, I suspect another house wren, but cannot be = positive.<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_sf2uo7qt5sDLa0OGQGOreQ)--
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