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<a href="../in --Apple-Mail-0AC640D8-EB4C-483C-B040-8EC8F366A8B8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable One of the subspecies of Gray-cheeked, that breeds in Newf&Labrador can also= show a reddish tail. The visual distinctions between those and Bicknell=E2=80= =99s are so fine I doubt even a photo would be of much help. Some guides say= they are only reliably identified by DNA and song.=20 Either way it is a great signing. Nancy Sent from my iPad > On Dec 30, 2017, at 2:51 PM, John and Nhung <nhungjohn@eastlink.ca> wrote:= >=20 > (1) Subsequent to my bluebird posting of yesterday, my nephew saw a cat= bird in the same bush (a burning bush; the berries are attracting lots of bi= rds) on Wyman Road, south of Yarmouth. He also mentioned seeing a thrush, b= ut not well enough to identify to species. He speculated that it might be a= Swainson=E2=80=99s. > (2) Well, the thrush just returned to the same bush. I didn=E2=80=99t g= et an ideal look at it, but dis have various views. Isn=E2=80=99t a Swainso= n=E2=80=99s because there is no obvious eye-ring. I was about to conclude gr= ey-cheeked, but it turned, and there looked to be an indistinct reddish ting= e to the tail. Makes me suspect a Bicknell=E2=80=99s. Strongly. > Don=E2=80=99t think it=E2=80=99s a hermit; colouring didn=E2=80=99t look r= ight and it didn=E2=80=99t flick its tail.=20 > (3) On the way into town about 12:45, as I was approaching the golf cou= rse (of tundra bean goose fame) on Main Street, a large- crow-sized accipite= r clew over, flapping slower than a sharp-shin. Reddish tinge on the belly,= flap behaviour, size, and rounded tail makes me sure it was a Cooper=E2=80=99= s. =20 --Apple-Mail-0AC640D8-EB4C-483C-B040-8EC8F366A8B8 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">One of the subspecies of Gray-cheeked, that= breeds in Newf&Labrador can also show a reddish tail. The visual distin= ctions between those and Bicknell=E2=80=99s are so fine I doubt even a photo= would be of much help. Some guides say they are only reliably identified by= DNA and song. <div><br></div><div>Either way it is a great signing.</d= iv><div><br></div><div>Nancy<br><br><div id=3D"AppleMailSignature">Sent from= my iPad</div><div><br>On Dec 30, 2017, at 2:51 PM, John and Nhung <<a hr= ef=3D"mailto:nhungjohn@eastlink.ca">nhungjohn@eastlink.ca</a>> wrote:<br>= <br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" c= ontent=3D"text/html; charset=3Dus-ascii"><meta name=3D"Generator" content=3D= "Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} p.MsoListParagraph, li.MsoListParagraph, div.MsoListParagraph {mso-style-priority:34; margin-top:0cm; margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:36.0pt; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:windowtext;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;} @page WordSection1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} /* List Definitions */ @list l0 {mso-list-id:147599649; mso-list-type:hybrid; mso-list-template-ids:1904489878 894177662 269025305 269025307 2690= 25295 269025305 269025307 269025295 269025305 269025307;} @list l0:level1 {mso-level-text:"\(%1\)"; mso-level-tab-stop:none; mso-level-number-position:left; text-indent:-18.0pt;} @list l0:level2 {mso-level-number-format:alpha-lower; mso-level-tab-stop:none; mso-level-number-position:left; text-indent:-18.0pt;} @list l0:level3 {mso-level-number-format:roman-lower; mso-level-tab-stop:none; mso-level-number-position:right; text-indent:-9.0pt;} @list l0:level4 {mso-level-tab-stop:none; mso-level-number-position:left; text-indent:-18.0pt;} @list l0:level5 {mso-level-number-format:alpha-lower; mso-level-tab-stop:none; mso-level-number-position:left; text-indent:-18.0pt;} @list l0:level6 {mso-level-number-format:roman-lower; mso-level-tab-stop:none; mso-level-number-position:right; text-indent:-9.0pt;} @list l0:level7 {mso-level-tab-stop:none; mso-level-number-position:left; text-indent:-18.0pt;} @list l0:level8 {mso-level-number-format:alpha-lower; mso-level-tab-stop:none; mso-level-number-position:left; text-indent:-18.0pt;} @list l0:level9 {mso-level-number-format:roman-lower; mso-level-tab-stop:none; mso-level-number-position:right; text-indent:-9.0pt;} ol {margin-bottom:0cm;} ul {margin-bottom:0cm;} --></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext=3D"edit" spidmax=3D"1026" /> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext=3D"edit"> <o:idmap v:ext=3D"edit" data=3D"1" /> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class=3D"WordSection1"><p class=3D"Ms= oListParagraph" style=3D"text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[i= f !supportLists]--><span style=3D"mso-list:Ignore">(1)<span style=3D"font:7.= 0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><!--[endif= ]-->Subsequent to my bluebird posting of yesterday, my nephew saw a catbird i= n the same bush (a burning bush; the berries are attracting lots of birds) o= n Wyman Road, south of Yarmouth. He also mentioned seeing a thrush, bu= t not well enough to identify to species. He speculated that it might b= e a Swainson=E2=80=99s.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D= "text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span= style=3D"mso-list:Ignore">(2)<span style=3D"font:7.0pt "Times New Roma= n""> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Well, the thrush jus= t returned to the same bush. I didn=E2=80=99t get an ideal look at it,= but dis have various views. Isn=E2=80=99t a Swainson=E2=80=99s becaus= e there is no obvious eye-ring. I was about to conclude grey-cheeke