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mal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-str --_000_0046266EDAC24FE390885D68FE66B7E5dalca_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Looking again at Sibley, it pretty much fits his =93Drab 1st year female=94= Baltimore Oriole, though it seems a bit darker and I don=92t see an eyestr= ipe. I bet that=92s it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= ---------------------- A couple of days ago my daughter saw a warbler-sized bird perched on the ba= r that holds our hanging feeder, and got 4 distant photos through a window = before it flew off =97 it has not been back. Problem is, I can=92t match i= t to anything in Sibley to the Smithosonian guide. Description (from the p= hotos, as I didn=92t see it): Throat & breast definitely bright yellow on the image, breast edged with wh= ite; no spots or streaks at all; belly white. Cameras can lie and the obse= rver thought it was more orange to look at, than yellow as on the photo. Two prominent white wing bars, dark wings. Bill sharp, grey, angle a bit steeper like an oriole than slender (smaller = angle) as in many warblers, not finch-like.. Crown grayish brown, no cap. Grey toes. Tail hidden behind the perch, but the observer thought there might have bee= n a flash of orange/yellow on the underside of the rump when it flew off. The oddest unmatchable feature is that the dark eye, while indistinct on th= e photos, appears completely surrounded by black orbital feathers, so it lo= oks like a large black eye. Doesn=92t seem to fit any warbler, oriole, vireo or flycatcher as far as I = could see, & not a finch/sparrow. Could be an immature stage or an adult l= osing its summer plumage (?). Probably not exotic, but I=92m stumped. I have 4 similar, largely side-view photos ~1.3MB each, none that great but= might be enough, if anyone is interested to try an identification. Steve (Halifax) --_000_0046266EDAC24FE390885D68FE66B7E5dalca_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-ID: <41245107178774478732A6BFA14C79D6@CANPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3DWindows-1= 252"> </head> <body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-lin= e-break: after-white-space;"> <font color=3D"#4d22b3">Looking again at Sibley, it pretty much fits his = =93Drab 1st year female=94 Baltimore Oriole, though it seems a bit darker a= nd I don=92t see an eyestripe. I bet that=92s it.</font> <div>----------------------------------------------------------------------= ---------------------------<br> <br> <div>A couple of days ago my daughter saw a warbler-sized bird perched on t= he bar that holds our hanging feeder, and got 4 distant photos through a wi= ndow before it flew off =97 it has not been back. Problem is, I can= =92t match it to anything in Sibley to the Smithosonian guide. Description (from the photos, as I didn=92t see = it): <div><br> </div> <div>Throat & breast definitely bright yellow on the image, breast edge= d with white; no spots or streaks at all; belly white. Cameras can li= e and the observer thought it was more orange to look at, than yellow as on= the photo.</div> <div>Two prominent white wing bars, dark wings.</div> <div>Bill sharp, grey, angle a bit steeper like an oriole than slender (sma= ller angle) as in many warblers, not finch-like..</div> <div> <div>Crown grayish brown, no cap.</div> <div>Grey toes.</div> <div>Tail hidden behind the perch, but the observer thought there might hav= e been a flash of orange/yellow on the underside of the rump when it flew o= ff.</div> <div>The oddest unmatchable feature is that the dark eye, while indistinct = on the photos, appears completely surrounded by black orbital feathers, so = it looks like a large black eye.</div> <div>Doesn=92t seem to fit any warbler, oriole, vireo or flycatcher as far = as I could see, & not a finch/sparrow. Could be an immature stage= or an adult losing its summer plumage (?). Probably not exotic, but = I=92m stumped. </div> <div><br> </div> <div>I have 4 similar, largely side-view photos ~1.3MB each, none that grea= t but might be enough, if anyone is interested to try an identification.</d= iv> <div>Steve (Halifax)</div> </div> </div> <br> </div> </body> </html> --_000_0046266EDAC24FE390885D68FE66B7E5dalca_--
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