[NatureNS] ID help

From: Nancy Roberts <nancy.roberts@ns.sympatico.ca>
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2017 12:52:09 -0400
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This bird perched in a small tree near my feeder yesterday in inner =
Dartmouth. The feeder serves mainly chickadees and may have felt too =
small for this bird. I saw the bird from about 15 feet away, indoors.

=E2=80=A2 Size a tad larger than a fat song sparrow, and roughly the =
same shape

* Colour seemingly even warm buff all over.=20

=E2=80=A2 Light or white eye ring

=E2=80=A2 Cardinal-like bill, scaled down to the size of this mystery =
bird. Similar in colour to the body of the bird.

=E2=80=A2 Flew away to a nearby tangle of dead perennials and clematis =
on a fence, not into trees, and seemed to move around within that for a =
bit.


The most striking thing was this bird=E2=80=99s plainness.The closest I =
can find is female brown-headed cowbird, but the cowbird appears =
slimmer, thinner-billed, and more differentiated in plumage than my =
specimen.

Any ideas?

Thank you,

Nancy Roberts






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class=3D"">This bird perched in a small tree near my feeder yesterday in =
inner Dartmouth. The feeder serves mainly chickadees and may have felt =
too small for this bird. I saw the bird from about 15 feet away, =
indoors.<div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">=E2=80=A2 =
Size a tad larger than a fat song sparrow, and roughly the same =
shape</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">* Colour =
seemingly even warm buff all over.&nbsp;</div><div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">=E2=80=A2 Light or white eye =
ring</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">=E2=80=A2 =
Cardinal-like bill, scaled down to the size of this mystery bird. =
Similar in colour to the body of the bird.</div><div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">=E2=80=A2 Flew away to a nearby tangle =
of dead perennials and clematis on a fence, not into trees, and seemed =
to move around within that for a bit.</div><div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">The =
most striking thing was this bird=E2=80=99s plainness.The closest I can =
find is female brown-headed cowbird, but the cowbird appears slimmer, =
thinner-billed, and more differentiated in plumage than my =
specimen.</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Any =
ideas?</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Thank =
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