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Index of Subjects --1923879097-574690430-1393765370=:40314 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dusky Thrush would be quite a find! Did you discuss the possibility of leuc= istic American Robin? The white on leucistic birds can be in any pattern, i= ncluding confined to the head (for example, this bird from Michigan: http:/= /lansingwbu.blogspot.ca/2010/10/american-robin-with-white-feathers.html ).= =0A=0A=0AKathleen MacAulay=0A=0A=0A=0A=0AOn Saturday, March 1, 2014 6:46:50= PM, James W. Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote:=0A =0A=0A=0ASubject: = [ValleyNature] check for pale robins for something noteworthy=0A>=0A>=0A>MA= RCH 1, 2014 - In mid-afternoon Sherman Bleakney called to report a weird-lo= oking bird in a back-yard flock of about 20 robins.=A0 The strange one look= ed at first like a pale robin.=A0 It was only about 5 metres from his windo= w at the top of Kent Ave. in Wolfville.=A0 But then he noticed he noticed a= lot of white on the bird's head.=A0 The robins departed, but he looked in = his Nat. Geogr. field guide, and on p. 358 found the DUSKY THRUSH as a poss= ible candidate.=A0 But the dusky thrush is Siberian and occasionally is fou= nd along our west coast from Alaska to California and a bit further east, b= ut no records mentioned anywhere near Canada's east.=0A>=0A>=0A>I asked She= rman about rufous on the wing and about the pattern of white on the head, b= ut he could not elaborate with any surety.=A0 I also asked him about the fi= eldfare and redwing thrushes on the same page of the field guide, but he sa= id the dusky thrush was the best candidate shown there.=0A>=0A>=0A>Robins i= n flocks are commonly seen in our area of western Wolfville, and this notic= e is to alert naturalists to check out those flocks when possible for possi= ble noteworthy flock-mates!=A0=0A>=0A>=0A>Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.=0A>= _______________________________________________=0A>Nature mailing list=0A>N= ature@blomidonnaturalists.ca=0A>http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listi= nfo/nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca --1923879097-574690430-1393765370=:40314 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:He= lveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;fo= nt-size:12pt">Dusky Thrush would be quite a find! Did you discuss the possi= bility of leucistic American Robin? The white on leucistic birds can be in = any pattern, including confined to the head (for example, this bird from Mi= chigan: http://lansingwbu.blogspot.ca/2010/10/american-robin-with-white-fea= thers.html ).<br><div><br><span></span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0,= 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,A= rial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: n= ormal;"><span>Kathleen MacAulay</span></div><div style=3D"display: block;" = class=3D"yahoo_quoted"> <br> <br> <div style=3D"font-family: HelveticaNeue,= Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12= pt;"> <div style=3D"font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <fo= nt face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"> On Saturday, March 1, 2014 6:46:50 PM, James = W. Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <div c= lass=3D"y_msg_container"><div id=3D"yiv4931310595"><div><br><div><blockquot= e type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom= :0px;margin-left:0px;"><font style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica;color:#000000;"= color=3D"#000000" size=3D"3"><b>Subject: </b></font><font style=3D"font:12= .0px Helvetica;" size=3D"3"><b>[ValleyNature] check for pale robins for som= ething 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 st= yle=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;">= <font style=3D"font:16.0px Helvetica;" size=3D"5"><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 pa= le robin</b>. It was only about 5 metres from his window at the top o= f Kent Ave. in Wolfville. But then he noticed he noticed a lot of whi= te 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 possi= ble candidate. But the dusky thrush is Siberian and occasionally is f= ound 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 sty= le=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;fon= t:normal normal normal 16px/normal Helvetica;min-height:19px;"><br></div><d= iv style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0= px;"><font style=3D"font:16.0px Helvetica;" size=3D"5">I asked Sherman abou= t 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 fiel= dfare 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 styl= e=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><di= v style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0p= x;"><font style=3D"font:16.0px Helvetica;" size=3D"5">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 noteworth= y flock-mates! </font></div><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:= 0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;"><font style=3D"font:16.0px Helvetic= a;" size=3D"5"><br></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0= px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;"><fo