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Index of Subjects --001a11c3d73c2b1dff04e4dac028 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Interesting...if all you had mentioned was the behaviour and the white rump, "Northern Flicker" would be the answer as this time of year it is common to see them in small groups (likely families) fly up from the side of the road as one approaches. However, they're bigger than sparrows and without the white outer tail feathers. Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. On 26 August 2013 10:00, Nancy P Dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com> wrote: > I just saw several (3-5) sparrow-sized birds fly up from the side of a > gravel road to the treetops. White outer tail feathers and white rumps- > that is all I noticed. Lakeview, Kings Co. If not for the white rump I'd > say Vesper Sparrows or Juncos. > > Anyone know what these might be? > > Nancy > > Sent from my iPhone > --001a11c3d73c2b1dff04e4dac028 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Interesting...if all you had mentioned was the behaviour a= nd the white rump, "Northern Flicker" would be the answer as this= time of year it is common to see them in small groups (likely families) fl= y up from the side of the road as one approaches. However, they're bigg= er than sparrows and without the white outer tail feathers.<div> <br></div><div>Randy</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br clear=3D"all= "><div>_________________________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies = of<br>Antigonish County, NS.</div> <br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 26 August 2013 10:00, Nancy P Dowd <s= pan dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:nancypdowd@gmail.com" target=3D"_blan= k">nancypdowd@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail= _quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:= 1ex"> I just saw several (3-5) sparrow-sized birds fly up from the side of a grav= el road to the treetops. White outer tail feathers and white rumps- that is= all I noticed. Lakeview, Kings Co. If not for the white rump I'd say V= esper Sparrows or Juncos.<br> <br> Anyone know what these might be?<br> <br> Nancy<br> <br> Sent from my iPhone<br> </blockquote></div><br></div> --001a11c3d73c2b1dff04e4dac028--
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