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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_IK/dfKq3W0CVFcfd8PJONQ) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT More details: He's back! I'm looking at Stokes and comparing their images and descriptions I'm leaning away from a grosbeak bc: - lack of reddish brown wing bars -hard to tell, but I do not see black around the bill I'm leaning towards indigo bunting bc: - the blacker wings -similiar mottling of color on breast ( immature 1st spring male ) Bigger than the goldfinch that are around the feeders, much smaller than the blue jays, robins, female pheasant, squirrel, song sparrows, red wing blackbirds that are hanging around this am. If anyone wants to hang out in the yard or send me thoughts and features to check for, I"d love to hear from you. Thanks! Angela in Windsor .................... Angela, How I see them is: Indigo bunting is smaller and rounder, something like a junco and a blue gros beak is shaped more like a purple finch to my way of thinking. I've had them both but not this year. Although there is irredecence to both blues, the gros beak seems a slight bit bluer where the bunting is deeper. Either are good birds to my way of thinking!! Hope this helps a wee bit. Marg in White Point --Boundary_(ID_IK/dfKq3W0CVFcfd8PJONQ) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19046"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">More details:<BR _moz_dirty=""><BR _moz_dirty="">He's back! <BR _moz_dirty=""><BR _moz_dirty="">I'm looking at Stokes and comparing their images and descriptions<BR _moz_dirty=""><BR _moz_dirty="">I'm leaning away from a grosbeak bc:<BR _moz_dirty="">- lack of reddish brown wing bars<BR _moz_dirty="">-hard to tell, but I do not see black around the bill<BR _moz_dirty=""><BR _moz_dirty="">I'm leaning towards indigo bunting bc:<BR _moz_dirty="">- the blacker wings<BR _moz_dirty="">-similiar mottling of color on breast ( immature 1st spring male )<BR _moz_dirty=""><BR _moz_dirty="">Bigger than the goldfinch that are around the feeders, much smaller than the blue jays, robins, female pheasant, squirrel, song sparrows, red wing blackbirds that are hanging around this am.<BR _moz_dirty=""><BR _moz_dirty="">If anyone wants to hang out in the yard or send me thoughts and features to check for, I"d love to hear from you.<BR _moz_dirty=""><BR _moz_dirty="">Thanks!<BR _moz_dirty=""><BR _moz_dirty="">Angela in Windsor</FONT><BR><BR>....................</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Angela, How I see them is: </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Indigo bunting is smaller and rounder, something like a junco and a blue gros beak is shaped more like a purple finch to my way of thinking. I've had them both but not this year. Although there is irredecence to both blues, the gros beak seems a slight bit bluer where the bunting is deeper. Either are good birds to my way of thinking!! Hope this helps a wee bit.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Marg in White Point</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_IK/dfKq3W0CVFcfd8PJONQ)--
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