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I would put my money on a female, or immature purple finch.
The 'vee' tail , heavy beak , and streaked sides, plus the location and =
attitude are all suggestive of that species to me .
Andy
Andy & Lelia Dean
86 Baden Powell Drive
Kentville, NS. Canada. B4N 5P5
Tel: [902] 678-6243
aadean@ns.sympatico.ca
From: Sherman Williams=20
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 11:16 AM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Mystery bird found in old pictures
Acting on first impulse: That particular pattern of heavy =
reddish-brown streaking on the breast and underneath combined with the =
larger size, had me think: Fox Sparrow but I havn't seen many Fox =
Sparrows in N.S. when the larch has its needles but I'm sure its =
possible.
I'll send this and then check my bird books.
Sherm
Sherman Williams
shermw@xcountry.tv
On 3-Feb-08, at 10:55 AM, Patrick Kelly wrote:
Hi everyone:
I'm finally finding some time to clean up some a lot of the pictures =
from my digital camera and came across two pictures from June 20 of =
2006. The bird was up in a tall larch tree so I was not able to get the =
best picture of it. Any guesses?
http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Larch1.jpg
http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Larch2.jpg
I wonder what else I am going to find, as I still have another 12 =
folders of pictures to sort out!
Pat
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I would put my money on a female, or =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Andy</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Andy & Lelia Dean<BR>86 Baden =
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<DIV>I'll send this and then check my bird books.</DIV>
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<DIV>On 3-Feb-08, at 10:55 AM, Patrick Kelly wrote:</DIV><BR=20
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Helvetica"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" =
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size=3D3>I'm finally finding some time to clean up some a lot of the =
pictures=20
from my digital camera and came across two pictures from June 20 of =
2006.=20
The bird was up in a tall larch tree so I was not able to get the =
best=20
picture of it. Any guesses?</FONT></DIV>
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Helvetica"><BR></DIV>
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href=3D"http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Larch1.jpg">http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkel=
ly/Larch1.jpg</A></FONT></DIV>
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face=3DHelvetica=20
size=3D3><A=20
=
href=3D"http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Larch2.jpg">http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkel=
ly/Larch2.jpg</A></FONT></DIV>
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Helvetica"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" =
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size=3D3>I wonder what else I am going to find, as I still have =
another 12=20
folders of pictures to sort out!</FONT&