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e there is no obvious eye-ring. I was about to conclude grey-cheeke This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000A_01D38209.75F2F690 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable If it comes back, I=E2=80=99m gonna try to have a closer look at the = lower mandible. My recollection is that the light area was quite = extensive, as in Bicknell=E2=80=99s. Also, it was = =E2=80=9Cdumpy=E2=80=9D looking for a thrush, =20 =20 I don=E2=80=99t anticipate a song; guess that would be needed to clinch = it. =20 I used to complain about the burning bush which has hosted both this = little guy and the bluebirds. Guess it has earned its keep, this year! =20 From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca = [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of nancy dowd Sent: December 31, 2017 6:50 AM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] more birds from Wyman Road and vicinity =20 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. =20 Nancy Sent from my iPad On Dec 30, 2017, at 2:51 PM, John and Nhung <nhungjohn@eastlink.ca> = wrote: (1) Subsequent to my bluebird posting of yesterday, my nephew saw a = catbird in the same bush (a burning bush; the berries are attracting = lots of birds) on Wyman Road, south of Yarmouth. He also mentioned = seeing a thrush, but 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 get an ideal look at it, but dis have various views. = Isn=E2=80=99t a Swainson=E2=80=99s because there is no obvious eye-ring. = I was about to conclude grey-cheeked, but it turned, and there looked to = be an indistinct reddish tinge 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 = right 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 = course (of tundra bean goose fame) on Main Street, a large- crow-sized = accipiter clew over, flapping slower than a sharp-shin. 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