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--Apple-Mail-9A578EE4-01DA-47B7-A569-F5630D7848C6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable That is what I was thinking too. The dark wings with prominent bars pretty m= uch made it sound like a Baltimore Oriole. They seem to have a range of tran= sitional looks b/t breeding and non breeding, immature and adult plus the dr= ab ones. Lots posted lately on the NSBS Facebook page and they always make m= e take a second look.=20 Nancy Sent from my iPad > On Dec 10, 2017, at 3:01 AM, Stephen Shaw <srshaw@Dal.Ca> wrote: >=20 > Looking again at Sibley, it pretty much fits his =E2=80=9CDrab 1st year fe= male=E2=80=9D Baltimore Oriole, though it seems a bit darker and I don=E2=80= =99t see an eyestripe. I bet that=E2=80=99s it. > --------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----------------------- >=20 > A couple of days ago my daughter saw a warbler-sized bird perched on the b= ar that holds our hanging feeder, and got 4 distant photos through a window b= efore it flew off =E2=80=94 it has not been back. Problem is, I can=E2=80=99= t match it to anything in Sibley to the Smithosonian guide. Description (fr= om the photos, as I didn=E2=80=99t see it): >=20 > Throat & breast definitely bright yellow on the image, breast edged with w= hite; no spots or streaks at all; belly white. Cameras can lie and the obse= rver thought it was more orange to look at, than yellow as on the photo. > Two prominent white wing bars, dark wings. > Bill sharp, grey, angle a bit steeper like an oriole than slender (smaller= angle) as in many warblers, not finch-like.. > Crown grayish brown, no cap. > Grey toes. > Tail hidden behind the perch, but the observer thought there might have be= en a flash of orange/yellow on the underside of the rump when it flew off. > The oddest unmatchable feature is that the dark eye, while indistinct on t= he photos, appears completely surrounded by black orbital feathers, so it lo= oks like a large black eye. > Doesn=E2=80=99t seem to fit any warbler, oriole, vireo or flycatcher as fa= r as I could see, & not a finch/sparrow. Could be an immature stage or an a= dult losing its summer plumage (?). Probably not exotic, but I=E2=80=99m st= umped.=20 >=20 > I have 4 similar, largely side-view photos ~1.3MB each, none that great bu= t might be enough, if anyone is interested to try an identification. > Steve (Halifax) >=20 --Apple-Mail-9A578EE4-01DA-47B7-A569-F5630D7848C6 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">That is what I was thinking too. The dark w= ings with prominent bars pretty much made it sound like a Baltimore Oriole. T= hey seem to have a range of transitional looks b/t breeding and non breeding= , immature and adult plus the drab ones. Lots posted lately on the NSBS Face= book page and they always make me take a second look. <div><br></div><d= iv>Nancy<br><br><div id=3D"AppleMailSignature">Sent from my iPad</div><div><= br>On Dec 10, 2017, at 3:01 AM, Stephen Shaw <<a href=3D"mailto:srshaw@Da= l.Ca">srshaw@Dal.Ca</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><d= iv> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3DWindows-12= 52"> <font color=3D"#4d22b3">Looking again at Sibley, it pretty much fits his =E2= =80=9CDrab 1st year female=E2=80=9D Baltimore Oriole, though it seems a bit d= arker and I don=E2=80=99t see an eyestripe. I bet that=E2=80=99s it.</= font> <div>-----------------------------------------------------------------------= --------------------------<br> <br> <div>A couple of days ago my daughter saw a warbler-sized bird perched on th= e bar that holds our hanging feeder, and got 4 distant photos through a wind= ow before it flew off =E2=80=94 it has not been back. Problem is, I ca= n=E2=80=99t match it to anything in Sibley to the Smithosonian guide. Description (from the photos, as I didn=E2=80=99t= see it): <div><br> </div> <div>Throat & breast definitely bright yellow on the image, breast edged= with white; no spots or streaks at all; belly white. Cameras can lie a= nd the observer thought it was more orange to look at, than yellow as on the= photo.</div> <div>Two prominent white wing bars, dark wings.</div> <div>Bill sharp, grey, angle a bit steeper like an oriole than slender (smal= ler angle) as in many warblers, not finch-like..</div> <div> <div>Crown grayish brown, no cap.</div> <div>Grey toes.</div> <div>Tail hidden behind the perch, but the observer thought there might have= been a flash of orange/yellow on the underside of the rump when it flew off= .</div> <div>The oddest unmatchable feature is that the dark eye, while indistinct o= n the photos, appears completely surrounded by black orbital feathers, so it= looks like a large black eye.</div> <div>Doesn=E2=80=99t seem to fit any warbler, oriole, vireo or flycatcher as= far as I could see, & not a finch/sparrow. Could be an immature s= tage or an adult losing its summer plumage (?). Probably not exotic, b= ut I=E2=80=99m stumped. </div> <div><br> </div> <div>I have 4 similar, largely side-view photos ~1.3MB each, none that great= but might be enough, if anyone is interested to try an identification.</div= > <div>Steve (Halifax)</div> </div> </div> <br> </div> </div></blockquote></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-9A578EE4-01DA-47B7-A569-F5630D7848C6--
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