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Hi Pat;
I wonder if she could have meant Snow Buntings???
These little black and white birds have
buffy/brownish/reddish/yellowish colouring on their
heads. A bit of a stretch but it's the only bird I
can think of that might fit.
Cheers;
Suzanne
--- Patrick Kelly <patrick.kelly@dal.ca> wrote:
> Hi everyone:
>
> On the day of the West Hants CBC, I was at the
> Sure-Gain in the
> Windsor Industrial Park as they normally have a
> flock of house sparrows
> that live in the stack of empty pallaets near the
> loading area. I
> talking to one of the workers there, ash they do
> throw bird seed out on
> the driveway for the birds. She said that about a
> week before, she had
> seen a small number of finch-sized birds that had a
> body that was black
> and white, and the head was mostly red and yellow.
> She mentioned it to
> a friend who had seen several in Gore. That person
> had heard something
> on the radio about them being a relatively new bird
> that was expanding
> its range northward.
>
> I don't think that she was pulling my leg, but I
> really have no idea
> what this bird could have been. I did ask them to
> call me if they
> returned, but so far no sign of them...
>
> Pat
>
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