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From: Nancy Roberts <nancy.roberts@ns.sympatico.ca>
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2017 21:33:52 -0400
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Thank you, Nancy Dowd and Pat MacKay for the female indigo bunting =
suggestion.

My memory is that it was even plainer, but I think you are probably =
right, going by what is likely.=20

I would like to see it again with this in mind.

Cheers,

Nancy Roberts


Dartmouth, NS B2Y 2X6
902 461-1986



> On Dec 10, 2017, at 4:57 PM, nancy dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com> wrote:
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> An Indigo Bunting female? They are very drab.=20
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> Sent from my iPad
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> On Dec 10, 2017, at 12:52 PM, Nancy Roberts =
<nancy.roberts@ns.sympatico.ca <mailto:nancy.roberts@ns.sympatico.ca>> =
wrote:
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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.
>>=20
>> =E2=80=A2 Size a tad larger than a fat song sparrow, and roughly the =
same shape
>>=20
>> * Colour seemingly even warm buff all over.=20
>>=20
>> =E2=80=A2 Light or white eye ring
>>=20
>> =E2=80=A2 Cardinal-like bill, scaled down to the size of this mystery =
bird. Similar in colour to the body of the bird.
>>=20
>> =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.
>>=20
>>=20
>> 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.
>>=20
>> Any ideas?
>>=20
>> Thank you,
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>> Nancy Roberts
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class=3D"">Thank you, Nancy Dowd and Pat MacKay for the female indigo =
bunting suggestion.<div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">My=
 memory is that it was even plainer, but I think you are probably right, =
going by what is likely.&nbsp;</div><div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">I would like to see it again with this =
in mind.</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D"">Cheers,</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D"">Nancy Roberts<br class=3D""><div class=3D"">
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<br class=3D""><div><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div =
class=3D"">On Dec 10, 2017, at 4:57 PM, nancy dowd &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:nancypdowd@gmail.com" =
class=3D"">nancypdowd@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><meta =
http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8" =
class=3D""><div dir=3D"auto" class=3D"">An Indigo Bunting female? They =
are very drab.&nbsp;<br class=3D""><br class=3D""><div class=3D"">Sent =
from my iPad</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D"">On Dec 10, 2017, at =
12:52 PM, Nancy Roberts &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:nancy.roberts@ns.sympatico.ca" =
class=3D"">nancy.roberts@ns.sympatico.ca</a>&gt; wrote:<br class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div =
class=3D""><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html =
charset=3Dutf-8" 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 =
you,</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Nancy =
Roberts</div><div class=3D""><div class=3D"">
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widows: 2;">
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