[NatureNS] Possible unusual bird at white Point

From: "Eric L. Mills" <e.mills@dal.ca>
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:21:44 -0400
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Hi Marg, 

Send my a picture or two and I'll see what I can make of it. 

All the best,

Eric


On 20 Dec 2012 at 16:16, Marg Millard wrote:

> This afternoon as we were doing our solstice wreaths when a bird flew into 
> the tree along the driveway and called and called. A different sound from 
> the normal busy calls about this fall.  sound like an extended cheep that 
> didn't change in tone or length of call. Evenly spaced, a pause between each 
> call. It came down to the feeder cautiously but once on the ground under the 
> grapevine it let us move around and paid us no heed until the camera came 
> out. I would say a hungry bird.
> We did get a few poor shots of it. The wing pattern is quite strange; a 
> sideways chevron and then a patch of white on each wing more than a bar of 
> white...very interesting. and the lower back is patterned with a double 
> cross for want of a better description. A smallish bird looks a bit bigger 
> than a Goldfinch has an olive-greenish  cast to it and the beak has a bit of 
> an over hang.
> The pattern on the wing I haven't ever seen. Closest we could come to it 
> searching page by page would be a lark bunting but not even that close.
> The bird has been coming and going. We'll try again to get photos but if you 
> want what I have so far email me back, please.
> Best regards, Marg Millard, White Point
> 
> 
> 




Eric L. Mills
286 Kingsburg Road,
RR#1, Rose Bay, NS B0J 2X)
Canada
e.mills@dal.ca

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