[NatureNS] New bird for me

From: Paul Ruggles <cpruggles@eastlink.ca>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 11:53:54 -0300
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Thanks Lois,
I=E2=80=99m sorry they were never near enough to see any details. there =
were 2 flocks. Very wild and or active. The thing that impressed me was =
their  call, alarm,, that I had never experienced before!=20
I=E2=80=99m 90 years old and a biologist. Surely someone on Naturens has =
experienced running into them somewhere?? They were obviously migrating, =
I assume southward. They certainly were not Grackles!
Paul.

> On Oct 21, 2019, at 8:21 AM, Chris Kennedy <cjkennedy66@gmail.com> =
wrote:
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> Could be Common Grackles?
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> They flock up this time of year and have a rather bizarre collection =
of sounds.
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> -chris kennedy in Dartmouth
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> On Sun, Oct 20, 2019 at 10:43 PM Lois Codling =
<loiscodling@hfx.eastlink.ca <mailto:loiscodling@hfx.eastlink.ca>> =
wrote:
> Paul, could you give us some more info on your Thanksgiving birds? =
What=20
> colour were they? Any markings to distinguish them - eg. wing shape,=20=

> wingbars, beak shape, tail size, facial pattern like eye stripe or=20
> ring?  What did they sound like?  Did they appear to be eating insects=20=

> or berries (there wouldn't be any blueberries left, would there?)? =20
> Anything you noticed about their behaviour that would help ID?
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> Lois Codling
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> On 10/17/2019 7:01 PM, Paul Ruggles wrote:
> > Hi.
> > Could someone help me identify a strange (for me) bird
> > Was in Parsborough for Thanksgiving and saw two flocks staying =
together - about 20 in each group.
> > Strangest song (or alarm call) the I have ever heard.
> > Birds roughly robin size but bulkier.
> > On a logging road among blueberry Barrons.
> > Paul R.
> >
> >
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charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" =
class=3D"">Thanks Lois,<div class=3D"">I=E2=80=99m sorry they were never =
near enough to see any details. there were 2 flocks. Very wild and or =
active. The thing that impressed me was their &nbsp;call, alarm,, that I =
had never experienced before!&nbsp;</div><div class=3D"">I=E2=80=99m 90 =
years old and a biologist. Surely someone on Naturens has experienced =
running into them somewhere?? They were obviously migrating, I assume =
southward. They certainly were not Grackles!</div><div class=3D"">Paul.<br=
 class=3D""><div><br class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div =
class=3D"">On Oct 21, 2019, at 8:21 AM, Chris Kennedy &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:cjkennedy66@gmail.com" =
class=3D"">cjkennedy66@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" =
class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">Could be Common Grackles?<div =
class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">They flock up this time =
of year and have a rather bizarre collection of sounds.</div><div =
class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">-chris kennedy in =
Dartmouth</div></div><br class=3D""><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div =
dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, Oct 20, 2019 at 10:43 PM Lois =
Codling &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:loiscodling@hfx.eastlink.ca" =
class=3D"">loiscodling@hfx.eastlink.ca</a>&gt; wrote:<br =
class=3D""></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px =
0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid =
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Paul, could you give us some more =
info on your Thanksgiving birds? What <br class=3D"">
colour were they? Any markings to distinguish them - eg. wing shape, <br =
class=3D"">
wingbars, beak shape, tail size, facial pattern like eye stripe or <br =
class=3D"">
ring?&nbsp; What did they sound like?&nbsp; Did they appear to be eating =
insects <br class=3D"">
or berries (there wouldn't be any blueberries left, would there?)?&nbsp; =
<br class=3D"">
Anything you noticed about their behaviour that would help ID?<br =
class=3D"">
<br class=3D"">
Lois Codling<br class=3D"">
<br class=3D"">
<br class=3D"">
On 10/17/2019 7:01 PM, Paul Ruggles wrote:<br class=3D"">
&gt; Hi.<br class=3D"">
&gt; Could someone help me identify a strange (for me) bird<br class=3D"">=

&gt; Was in Parsborough for Thanksgiving and saw two flocks staying =
together - about 20 in each group.<br class=3D"">
&gt; Strangest song (or alarm call) the I have ever heard.<br class=3D"">
&gt; Birds roughly robin size but bulkier.<br class=3D"">
&gt; On a logging road among blueberry Barrons.<br class=3D"">
&gt; Paul R.<br class=3D"">
&gt;<br class=3D"">
&gt;<br class=3D"">
<br class=3D"">
</blockquote></div></div>
</div></blockquote></div><br class=3D""></div></body></html>=

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