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--Apple-Mail-1-942085831 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > Subject: [ValleyNature] check for pale robins for something noteworthy > > MARCH 1, 2014 - In mid-afternoon Sherman Bleakney called to report > a weird-looking bird in a back-yard flock of about 20 robins. The > strange one looked at first like a pale robin. It was only about 5 > metres from his window at the top of Kent Ave. in Wolfville. But > then he noticed he noticed a lot of white on the bird's head. The > robins departed, but he looked in his Nat. Geogr. field guide, and > on p. 358 found the DUSKY THRUSH as a possible candidate. But the > dusky thrush is Siberian and occasionally is found along our west > coast from Alaska to California and a bit further east, but no > records mentioned anywhere near Canada's east. > > I asked Sherman about rufous on the wing and about the pattern of > white on the head, but he could not elaborate with any surety. I > also asked him about the fieldfare and redwing thrushes on the same > page of the field guide, but he said the dusky thrush was the best > candidate shown there. > > Robins in flocks are commonly seen in our area of western > Wolfville, and this notice is to alert naturalists to check out > those flocks when possible for possible noteworthy flock-mates! > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/ > nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca --Apple-Mail-1-942085831 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[ValleyNature] check for pale robins = for something noteworthy</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><br></div> <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 16.0px Helvetica"><b>MARCH 1, 2014</b> - In = mid-afternoon Sherman Bleakney called to report a <b>weird-looking = bird</b> in a back-yard flock of about 20 <b>robins</b>. The = strange one looked at first <b>like a pale robin</b>. It was only = about 5 metres from his window at the top of Kent Ave. in = Wolfville. But then he noticed he noticed a lot of white on the = bird's head. The robins departed, but he looked in his Nat. Geogr. = field guide, and on p. 358 found the <b>DUSKY THRUSH</b> as a possible = candidate. But the dusky thrush is Siberian and occasionally is = found along our west coast from Alaska to California and a bit further = east, but no records mentioned anywhere near Canada's = east.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 16px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 19px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: = 16.0px Helvetica">I asked Sherman about rufous on the wing and about the = pattern of white on the head, but he could not elaborate with any = surety. I also asked him about the fieldfare and redwing thrushes = on the same page of the field guide, but he said the dusky thrush was = the best candidate shown there.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: = normal normal normal 16px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 19px; = "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 16.0px Helvetica">Robins in flocks are = commonly seen in our area of western Wolfville, and this notice is to = alert naturalists to check out those flocks when possible for possible = noteworthy flock-mates! </font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 16.0px = Helvetica"><br></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 16.0px Helvetica">Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">_______________________________________________</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Nature mailing list</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"mailto:Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">Nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnatu= ralists.ca">http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidon= naturalists.ca</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-1-942085831--
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