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Thank you Jim:
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I would like others to weigh in on this as I'm puzzled. Yes a sharpie was =
ruled out as it was only Kingfisher sized. It was too thin and elongated t=
o have been a hawk. I'm quite mystified as it did not match anything that =
I can think of. The elongation of the bird with the short wings puzzles me=
. I really would have like to have been able to track it down and get a be=
tter look=2C but it just seemed to vanish. I circled the tree that I thoug=
ht it went into=2C but could see no evidence of a bird there=2C so it obvio=
usly carried on with its flight. The fact that it was going so close to th=
e ground also puzzles me. Would a rail in flight look like this? I'm at a=
loss. =20
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Sincerely=2C
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James=20
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Date: Fri=2C 17 Jan 2014 19:38:21 -0400
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Mystery Bird
From: jim.edsall@bellaliant.net
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Did you rule out a young sharpie?
Sent from Samsung tablet=20
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From: James Hirtle <jrhbirder@hotmail.com>=20
Date: 01-17-2014 6:14 PM (GMT-04:00)=20
To: Naturens Naturens <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>=20
Subject: [NatureNS] Mystery Bird=20
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Hi all:
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I had one of those puzzling bird encounters that we all run into every now =
and then. I was driving along the back way into Lunenburg and just before =
the turn off to Corkum's Island a bird came across the road in front of my =
car like a bullet=2C going about one foot above the ground. It flew over t=
he lawn of the house next to me at a rapid pace and it looked like it went =
into a tree on the lawn=2C but I could not locate it so apparently it kept =
going. Whatever it was the starling flock took flight as did two mallards =
along the two nearby properties right after I saw the bird. At least I'm a=
ssuming that's what put them up or it could have been co-incidence. Anyhow=
=2C the description of the bird is going to sound odd. My perspective was =
not optimal and the look was brief. This bird was elongated with short win=
gs=2C so very streamlined and thin. It was a tawny brown color and flew li=
ke a bullet or projectile. I distinctly got the impression of a cross betw=
een a kingfisher maybe or a woodpecker. It reminded me of a torpedo slidin=
g through the air. It definitely was not a kingfisher=2C nor do I believe =
it was a woodpecker. It was kingfisher size though. =20
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I'm thinking maybe the juvenile shrike that had been in the area=2C as a po=
ssibility=2C but I've never seen a shrike move or look like the bird that I=
saw. It definitely did not move like the juvenile northern shrike that we=
had on the Shelburne Christmas Bird Count. I know the description is not =
great but any comments or ideas would be appreciated. =20
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James R. Hirtle
Bridgewater
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/font><BR><font size=3D"6"></font> =3B<BR><font size=3D"6">I would like=
others to weigh in on this as I'm puzzled. =3B Yes a sharpie was ruled=
out as it was only Kingfisher sized. =3B It was too thin and elongated=
to have been a hawk. =3B I'm quite mystified as it did not match anyth=
ing that I can think of. =3B The =3Belongation of the bird with the=
short wings puzzles me. =3B =3BI really would have like to have be=
en able to track it down and get a better look=2C but it just seemed to van=
ish. =3B I circled the tree that I thought it went into=2C but could se=
e no evidence of a bird there=2C so it obviously carried on with its flight=
. =3B The fact that it was going so close to the ground also puzzles me=
. =3B Would a rail in flight look like this? =3B I'm at a loss.&nbs=
p=3B  =3B </font><BR><font size=3D"6"></font> =3B<BR><font size=3D"=
6">Sincerely=2C</font><BR><font size=3D"6"></font> =3B<BR><font size=3D=
"6">James =3B<br id=3D"FontBreak"></font><br> =3B<BR><div><hr id=3D=
"stopSpelling">Date: Fri=2C 17 Jan 2014 19:38:21 -0400<br>Subject: Re: [Nat=
ureNS] Mystery Bird<br>From: jim.edsall@bellaliant.net<br>To: naturens@cheb=
ucto.ns.ca<br><br><div>Did you rule out a young sharpie?</div><div><br></di=
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al message --------<br>From: James Hirtle <=3Bjrhbirder@hotmail.com>=3B=
<br>Date: 01-17-2014 6:14 PM (GMT-04:00) <br>To: Naturens Naturens <=
=3Bnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca>=3B <br>Subject: [NatureNS] Mystery Bird <br> =
<br><br><div dir=3D"ltr"><font size=3D"6">Hi all:</font><br> =3B<br><fo=
nt size=3D"6">I had one of those puzzling bird encounters that we all run i=
nto every now and then. =3B I was driving along the back way into Lunen=
burg and just before the turn off to Corkum's Island a bird came across the=
road in front of my car like a bullet=2C going about one foot above the gr=
ound. =3B It flew over the lawn of the house next to me at a rapid pace=
and it looked like it went into a tree on the lawn=2C but I could not loca=
te it =3Bso apparently it kept going. =3B Whatever it was the starl=
ing flock took flight as did two mallards along the =3Btwo nearby prope=
rties right after I saw the bird. =3B At least I'm assuming that's what=
put them up or it could have been co-incidence. =3B Anyhow=2C the desc=
ription of the bird is going to sound odd. =3B My perspective was not o=
ptimal =3Band the look was brief. =3B This bird was elongated with =
short wings=2C so very streamlined and thin. =3B It was a tawny brown c=
olor and flew like a bullet or projectile. =3B I distinctly got the imp=
ression of a cross between a kingfisher maybe or a woodpecker. =3B It r=
eminded me of a torpedo sliding through the air. =3B It definitely was =
not a kingfisher=2C nor do I believe it was a woodpecker. =3B It was ki=
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