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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-6565018E-7694-4D0D-836E-4034B0FB1FFB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yes I think you may be right. They were too far away for a good 10xbino look= but I thought the underside may have had a brown-yellow type hue although i= t could have been the lighting. Didn't know waxwings did "flycatching" so I h= ad ruled them out. Thanks for your input.=20 Sent from my iPad > On Sep 23, 2017, at 5:38 AM, Rick Whitman <dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.co= m> wrote: >=20 > Hi Nancy, > I will say they were Cedar Waxwings, but the photo is no help on that. > Rick Whitman >=20 >> On 23 September 2017 at 04:38, NancyDowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com> wrote: >> Yesterday I saw 3-6 birds in a large dead tree in a partially regrown cut= over. They were flycatching and returning to their perch frequently so it wa= s hard to tell exactly how many there were. Size and behaviour (hunting from= a prominent perch in a clearing) plus the upright flycatcher stance and slo= ped head profile suggested Olive Sided Flycatchers to me, possible immature.= I did notice a white patch flash on one plus a relatively short squared off= tail. Here is a hazy photo if it is any help:https://www.flickr.com/photos/= 150605880@N07/36588939043/in/dateposted-public/ >>=20 >> I have a friend keeping track of these birds as a species at risk so woul= d like to report them if others feel I have the right ID. >>=20 >> Nancy >> E Dalhousie, Kings Co. >=20 --Apple-Mail-6565018E-7694-4D0D-836E-4034B0FB1FFB Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div>Yes I think you may be right. They wer= e too far away for a good 10xbino look but I thought the underside may have h= ad a brown-yellow type hue although it could have been the lighting. Didn't k= now waxwings did "flycatching" so I had ruled them out. Thanks for your inpu= t. <br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Sep 23, 2017, at 5:38 AM,= Rick Whitman <<a href=3D"mailto:dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com">dendro= ica.caerulescens@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type=3D"c= ite"><div><div dir=3D"ltr">Hi Nancy,<div>I will say they were Cedar Waxwings= , but the photo is no help on that.</div><div>Rick Whitman</div></div><div c= lass=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 23 September 2017 at 0= 4:38, NancyDowd <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:nancypdowd@gmail.com= " target=3D"_blank">nancypdowd@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquot= e class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc soli= d;padding-left:1ex">Yesterday I saw 3-6 birds in a large dead tree in a part= ially regrown cutover. They were flycatching and returning to their perch fr= equently so it was hard to tell exactly how many there were. Size and behavi= our (hunting from a prominent perch in a clearing) plus the upright flycatch= er stance and sloped head profile suggested Olive Sided Flycatchers to me, p= ossible immature. I did notice a white patch flash on one plus a relatively s= hort squared off tail. Here is a hazy photo if it is any help:<a href=3D"htt= ps://www.flickr.com/photos/150605880@N07/36588939043/in/dateposted-public/" r= el=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://www.flickr.com/<wbr>photos/15060= 5880@N07/<wbr>36588939043/in/dateposted-<wbr>public/</a><br> <br> I have a friend keeping track of these birds as a species at risk so would l= ike to report them if others feel I have the right ID.<br> <br> Nancy<br> E Dalhousie, Kings Co.<br> </blockquote></div><br></div> </div></blockquote></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-6565018E-7694-4D0D-836E-4034B0FB1FFB--
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