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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-1-316735055 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Sounds like probably a lighting problem plus the briefness of the sighting, although totally or mostly black individuals are rare but possible for nearly all species. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: > From: Andrew Stadnyk <Andrew.Stadnyk@Dal.Ca> > Date: June 26, 2014 7:02:43 PM ADT > To: "naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Subject: [NatureNS] northern mockingbird? > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > I just saw a bird temporarily roost on a wire, that was black as a > crow with flashing white wing accents and white on it's tail edges > in flight, about the size of a bluejay. My guess is a Northern > Mockingbird but I understand they are typically grey. Any claims > that Northern Mockingbirds can be black? I doubt it was due to the > lighting but it was all so fleeting. This was in Lower Sackville, > near the intersection of Old Sackville Road by Beaverbank, so > plenty of houses and civilization (if you can call it that!). > > Andy Stadnyk > Lower Sackville --Apple-Mail-1-316735055 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Sounds like probably a lighting problem plus the briefness of the = sighting, although totally or mostly black individuals are rare but = possible for nearly all species. Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville.<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">Andrew Stadnyk <<a = href=3D"mailto:Andrew.Stadnyk@Dal.Ca">Andrew.Stadnyk@Dal.Ca</a>></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">June 26, 2014 7:02:43 PM = ADT</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">"<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>" = <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>></f= ont></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[NatureNS] northern = mockingbird?</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: = none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div = id=3D"OWAFontStyleDivID" style=3D"font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Calibri, Arial, = Helvetica, sans-serif; "><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; ">I just saw a bird temporarily roost on a wire, that was black as = a crow with flashing white wing accents and white on it's tail edges in = flight, about the size of a bluejay. My guess is a Northern Mockingbird = but I understand they are typically grey. Any claims that Northern = Mockingbirds can be black? I doubt it was due to the lighting but it was = all so fleeting. This was in Lower Sackville, near the intersection = of Old Sackville Road by Beaverbank, so plenty of houses and = civilization (if you can call it that!).</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; ">Andy Stadnyk</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; ">Lower = Sackville<br></div></div></span></blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-1-316735055--
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