next message in archive
no next message in thread
previous message in archive
previous message in thread
Index of Subjects
Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail=_A48361B5-31B6-424E-8A74-59219EE2F56E Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 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: >=20 > An Indigo Bunting female? They are very drab.=20 >=20 > Sent from my iPad >=20 > On Dec 10, 2017, at 12:52 PM, Nancy Roberts = <nancy.roberts@ns.sympatico.ca <mailto:nancy.roberts@ns.sympatico.ca>> = wrote: >=20 >> 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, >>=20 >> Nancy Roberts >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 --Apple-Mail=_A48361B5-31B6-424E-8A74-59219EE2F56E Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" = 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. </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""> <div class=3D""><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><br = class=3D""></div><div style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, = 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; = font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; = border-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" = class=3D"">Dartmouth, NS B2Y 2X6</div><div style=3D"border-collapse: = separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; = font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; = font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; = font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: = normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = word-spacing: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" = class=3D"">902 461-1986</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline" style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: 2; = widows: 2;"> </div> <br class=3D""><div><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div = class=3D"">On Dec 10, 2017, at 4:57 PM, nancy dowd <<a = href=3D"mailto:nancypdowd@gmail.com" = class=3D"">nancypdowd@gmail.com</a>> 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. <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 <<a = href=3D"mailto:nancy.roberts@ns.sympatico.ca" = class=3D"">nancy.roberts@ns.sympatico.ca</a>> 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. </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""> <div class=3D""><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><br = class=3D""></div><div style=3D"border-collapse: separate; font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: = normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; = font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; = font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: = normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = word-spacing: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" = class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline" = style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: 2; = widows: 2;"> </div> <br class=3D""></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div><br= class=3D""></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_A48361B5-31B6-424E-8A74-59219EE2F56E--
next message in archive
no next message in thread
previous message in archive
previous message in thread
Index of Subjects