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Hi all:
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I had one of those puzzling bird encounters that we all run into every now =
and then. I was driving along the back way into Lunenburg and just before =
the turn off to Corkum's Island a bird came across the road in front of my =
car like a bullet=2C going about one foot above the ground. It flew over t=
he lawn of the house next to me at a rapid pace and it looked like it went =
into a tree on the lawn=2C but I could not locate it so apparently it kept =
going. Whatever it was the starling flock took flight as did two mallards =
along the two nearby properties right after I saw the bird. At least I'm a=
ssuming that's what put them up or it could have been co-incidence. Anyhow=
=2C the description of the bird is going to sound odd. My perspective was =
not optimal and the look was brief. This bird was elongated with short win=
gs=2C so very streamlined and thin. It was a tawny brown color and flew li=
ke a bullet or projectile. I distinctly got the impression of a cross betw=
een a kingfisher maybe or a woodpecker. It reminded me of a torpedo slidin=
g through the air. It definitely was not a kingfisher=2C nor do I believe =
it was a woodpecker. It was kingfisher size though. =20
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I'm thinking maybe the juvenile shrike that had been in the area=2C as a po=
ssibility=2C but I've never seen a shrike move or look like the bird that I=
saw. It definitely did not move like the juvenile northern shrike that we=
had on the Shelburne Christmas Bird Count. I know the description is not =
great but any comments or ideas would be appreciated. =20
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James R. Hirtle
Bridgewater
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BR> =3B<BR><font size=3D"6">I had one of those puzzling bird encounters=
that we all run into every now and then. =3B I was driving along the b=
ack way into Lunenburg and just before the turn off to Corkum's Island a bi=
rd came across the road in front of my car like a bullet=2C going about one=
foot above the ground. =3B It flew over the lawn of the house next to =
me at a rapid pace and it looked like it went into a tree on the lawn=2C bu=
t I could not locate it =3Bso apparently it kept going. =3B Whateve=
r it was the starling flock took flight as did two mallards along the =
=3Btwo nearby properties right after I saw the bird. =3B At least I'm a=
ssuming that's what put them up or it could have been co-incidence. =3B=
Anyhow=2C the description of the bird is going to sound odd. =3B My pe=
rspective was not optimal =3Band the look was brief. =3B This bird =
was elongated with short wings=2C so very streamlined and thin. =3B It =
was a tawny brown color and flew like a bullet or projectile. =3B I dis=
tinctly got the impression of a cross between a kingfisher maybe or a woodp=
ecker. =3B It reminded me of a torpedo sliding through the air. =3B=
It definitely was not a kingfisher=2C nor do I believe it was a woodpecker=
. =3B It was kingfisher size though. =3B </font><BR><font size=3D"6=
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e that had been in the area=2C as a possibility=2C but I've never seen a sh=
rike move or look like the bird that I saw. =3B It definitely did not m=
ove like the juvenile northern shrike that we had on the Shelburne Christma=
s Bird Count. =3B I know the description is not great but any comments =
or ideas would be appreciated. =3B </font><BR><font size=3D"6"></font>&=
nbsp=3B<BR><font size=3D"6">James R. Hirtle</font><BR><font size=3D"6">Brid=
gewater</font><BR><font size=3D"6"></font> =3B<BR><font size=3D"6"></fo=
nt> =3B<BR><font size=3D"6"> =3B<br id=3D"FontBreak"></font><BR> =
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