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the burning bush which has hosted b --Apple-Mail-6A068FB9-EACB-4F98-8CAD-00D295EEBD83 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yes. Some consider Burning Bushes invasive nightmares. But they are an attra= ctive natural landscape shrub and very bird-friendly. Plus not as hard to ke= ep under control as Multiflora Rose (no thorns).=20 Sent from my iPad > On Dec 31, 2017, at 7:32 AM, John and Nhung <nhungjohn@eastlink.ca> wrote:= >=20 > 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 i= n Bicknell=E2=80=99s. Also, it was =E2=80=9Cdumpy=E2=80=9D looking for a th= rush, =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 littl= e 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 al= so 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 s= ay they are only reliably identified by DNA and song.=20 > =20 > Either way it is a great signing. > =20 > Nancy >=20 > Sent from my iPad >=20 > 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-6A068FB9-EACB-4F98-8CAD-00D295EEBD83 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">Yes. Some consider Burning Bushes invasive n= ightmares. But they are an attractive natural landscape shrub and very bird-= friendly. 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