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From: James Hirtle <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jrhbirder@hotmail.com"><jrhbirder@hotmail.c
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Hi Don and all:
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Thank you Don for the mourning dove suggestion. It definitely was not a mo=
urning dove. The body and shape were not correct. the mallards that took o=
ff at the time could have spooked the starlings and like I said the starlin=
gs and the mallards going up around the same time that I saw the strange bi=
rd could have been co-incidence. I've been giving a lot of thought to what=
I saw. I cannot say for sure but I'm thinking quite possibly a green hero=
n. I saw one in the past with a similar shape like I described and at the =
time it took me a few minutes to clue in that this was what I was seeing. =
At the time I knew the bird was in the area and it flew up out of the ditch=
and flew across the road and then away in the same way that the bird that =
I saw did. I'm not 100 percent sure about this ID though for the current b=
ird=2C so it is only probable and I have to leave it at that. I checked th=
e area over well today where I saw the bird and did not see any sign of it.
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James R. Hirtle
Bridgewater
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<body class=3D'hmmessage'><div dir=3D'ltr'><font size=3D"6">Hi Don and all:=
</font><BR> =3B<BR><font size=3D"6">Thank you Don for the mourning dove=
suggestion. =3B It definitely was not a mourning dove. =3B The bod=
y and shape were not correct. =3Bthe mallards that took off at the time=
could have spooked the starlings and like I said the starlings and the mal=
lards going up around the same time that I saw the strange bird could have =
been co-incidence. =3B I've been giving a lot of thought to what I saw.=
 =3B I cannot say for sure but I'm thinking quite possibly a green hero=
n. =3B I saw one in the past with a similar shape like I described and =
at the time it took me a few minutes to clue in that this was what I was se=
eing. =3B At the time I knew the bird was in the area and it flew up ou=
t of the ditch and flew across the road and then away in the same way that =
the bird that I saw did. =3B I'm not 100 percent sure about this ID tho=
ugh for the current bird=2C so it is only probable and I have to leave it a=
t that. =3B I checked the area over well today where I saw the bird and=
did not see any sign of it.</font><BR><font size=3D"6"></font> =3B<BR>=
<font size=3D"6">James R. Hirtle</font><BR><font size=3D"6">Bridgewater</fo=
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