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Perhaps a Mourning Dove that surprised the others.
Don
Don MacNeill donmacneill@bellaliant.net
On 17/01/2014 8:20 PM, James Hirtle wrote:
> Thank you Jim:
>
> 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 to 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 better look, but it just seemed to
> vanish. I circled the tree that I thought it went into, but could see
> no evidence of a bird there, so it obviously carried on with its
> flight. The fact that it was going so close to the ground also
> puzzles me. Would a rail in flight look like this? I'm at a loss.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> James
>
>
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> Date: Fri, 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
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>
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> From: James Hirtle <jrhbirder@hotmail.com>
> Date: 01-17-2014 6:14 PM (GMT-04:00)
> To: Naturens Naturens <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
> Subject: [NatureNS] Mystery Bird
>
>
> Hi all:
>
> 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, going about one foot above the
> ground. 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, 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 assuming that's what put
> them up or it could have been co-incidence. Anyhow, 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 wings, so very
> streamlined and thin. It was a tawny brown color and flew like a
> bullet or projectile. I distinctly got the impression of a cross
> between a kingfisher maybe or a woodpecker. It reminded me of a
> torpedo sliding through the air. It definitely was not a kingfisher,
> nor do I believe it was a woodpecker. It was kingfisher size though.
>
> I'm thinking maybe the juvenile shrike that had been in the area, as a
> possibility, 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.
>
> James R. Hirtle
> Bridgewater
>
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On 17/01/2014 8:20 PM, James Hirtle wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><font size="6">Thank you Jim:</font><br>
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<font size="6">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 to 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 better look, but it just seemed to
vanish. I circled the tree that I thought it went into, but
could see no evidence of a bird there, so it obviously carried
on with its flight. The fact that it was going so close to
the ground also puzzles me. Would a rail in flight look like
this? I'm at a loss. </font><br>
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<font size="6">Sincerely,</font><br>
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<hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 19:38:21 -0400<br>
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Mystery Bird<br>
From: jim.edsall@bellaliant.net<br>
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br>
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<div>Did you rule out a young sharpie?</div>
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