[NatureNS] ID help

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Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2017 16:57:05 -0400
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An Indigo Bunting female? They are very drab.=20

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> On Dec 10, 2017, at 12:52 PM, Nancy Roberts <nancy.roberts@ns.sympatico.ca=
> wrote:
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> This bird perched in a small tree near my feeder yesterday in inner Dartmo=
uth. The feeder serves mainly chickadees and may have felt too small for thi=
s bird. I saw the bird from about 15 feet away, indoors.
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> =E2=80=A2 Size a tad larger than a fat song sparrow, and roughly the same s=
hape
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> * Colour seemingly even warm buff all over.=20
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> =E2=80=A2 Light or white eye ring
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> =E2=80=A2 Cardinal-like bill, scaled down to the size of this mystery bird=
. Similar in colour to the body of the bird.
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> =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.
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> The most striking thing was this bird=E2=80=99s plainness.The closest I ca=
n find is female brown-headed cowbird, but the cowbird appears slimmer, thin=
ner-billed, and more differentiated in plumage than my specimen.
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> Any ideas?
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> Thank you,
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> Nancy Roberts
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">An Indigo Bunting female? They are very dra=
b.&nbsp;<br><br><div id=3D"AppleMailSignature">Sent from my iPad</div><div><=
br>On Dec 10, 2017, at 12:52 PM, Nancy Roberts &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:nancy.r=
oberts@ns.sympatico.ca">nancy.roberts@ns.sympatico.ca</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br>=
</div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" conte=
nt=3D"text/html charset=3Dutf-8">This bird perched in a small tree near my f=
eeder yesterday in inner Dartmouth. The feeder serves mainly chickadees and m=
ay 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 Siz=
e a tad larger than a fat song sparrow, and roughly the same shape</div><div=
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m 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""></d=
iv><div class=3D"">=E2=80=A2 Cardinal-like bill, scaled down to the size of t=
his 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 t=
angle 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 t=
hing was this bird=E2=80=99s plainness.The closest I can find is female brow=
n-headed cowbird, but the cowbird appears slimmer, thinner-billed, and more d=
ifferentiated 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""></di=
v><div class=3D"">Thank you,</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div c=
lass=3D"">Nancy Roberts</div><div class=3D""><div class=3D"">
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