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On Feb. 23=2C David Walmark and I saw a green-winged teal at the Back Oler =
Farm marsh in Garden Lots. I spotted the two male gadwalls found a while b=
ack by Ronnie D'Entremont and Eric Mills on the Lunenburg waterfront by ABC=
O. At Bayport the scaup flock was way over on the Feltzen South side=2C so=
it was hard to gage number or if anything different was present=2C but I c=
ounted roughly 200 greater scaup. =20
=20
On February 24=2C I took a cruise out to Oakland. Not far out on the left =
hand side of the road coming from Mahone Bay=2C is a large multifloral patc=
h. There is a house there with a feeder and there are always northern card=
inals present. Anyhow=2C the point of my pointing this out=2C is that I ha=
d a bird way up in the multifloral patch with American tree sparrows=2C may=
be two of the same species=2C of which the closest match that I can find wo=
uld be a brambling. Lighting was poor and the birds flew before I could c=
onfirm what they might actually have been. At the time I convinced myself =
that they likely were American tree sparrows=2C so I did not write down a h=
ouse number or coordinates or anything. It has been eating away at me ever=
since though as the wingbars=2C coloration of the chest and other features=
just do not match that of what one would expect for an American tree sparr=
ow. I'm convinced that there were at least two birds present that do not m=
atch a species that I've previously seen. They will need to be left as unk=
nowns=2C but if anyone is out that way=2C you might want to check out the m=
ultiflora higher up on the hill. =20
=20
James R. Hirtle
Bridgewater =20
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id Walmark and I saw a green-winged teal at the Back Oler Farm marsh in Gar=
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nie D'Entremont and Eric Mills on the Lunenburg waterfront by ABCO. =3B=
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<FONT size=3D4>On February 24=2C I took a cruise out to Oakland. =3B No=
t far out on the left hand side of the road coming from Mahone Bay=2C is a =
large multifloral patch. =3B There is a house there with a feeder and t=
here are always northern cardinals present. =3B Anyhow=2C the point of =
my pointing this out=2C is that I had a bird way up in the multifloral patc=
h with American tree sparrows=2C maybe two of =3Bthe same species=2C of=
which the =3Bclosest match that I can find =3Bwould be a brambling=
. =3B =3B Lighting was poor and the birds flew before I could confi=
rm what they might actually have been. =3B At the time I convinced myse=
lf that they likely were American tree sparrows=2C =3Bso I did not writ=
e down =3Ba house number or coordinates or anything. =3B It has bee=
n eating away at me ever since though as the wingbars=2C coloration of the =
chest and other features just do not match that of what one would expect fo=
r an American tree sparrow. =3B I'm convinced that there were at least =
two birds present that do not match a species that I've previously seen.&nb=
sp=3B They will need to be left as unknowns=2C but if anyone is out that wa=
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<FONT size=3D4>James R. Hirtle</FONT><BR>
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