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Index of Subjects John, Nhung, et al.: This is a very interesting observation. All the confirmed juncos with white wing bars hitherto in NS have been aberrant "Slate-colored" with white wing bars - not too uncommon. Indeed, there are almost no records of this subspecies (aikeni), with its highly restricted breeding and wintering range, in the East. But the description of Yarmouth bird - larger, paler and with more extensive white on the tail- reads like the real thing. Every effort should be made to document and photograph this bird. Cheers, Ian Ian McLaren Quoting John and Nhung <nhungjohn@eastlink.ca>: > To: all > > > From: John Sollows > > > Date: Feb. 4/11 > > For the past week or so, we have had a different junco here: a little > larger, a little paler, obvious white sides to the tail, and very obvious > white in the wings. Cannot quite call them bars, because the white is a > little too diffuse and broadly-distributed, and looks confined to the shafts > of some of the flight feathers. No picture yet: It's a bit of a challenge > to get one! > > > > Could this be a white-winged junco? How often have they been noted in the > province? > > > > This is, by the way, at our place on the Wyman Road, just south of Yarmouth. > >
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