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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: brnagn on May 06, 2008, 02:26:30 PM

Title: help me identify a bird
Post by: brnagn on May 06, 2008, 02:26:30 PM: I JUST SAW A PAIR OF BIRDS I HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE...ABOUT THE SIZE OF A ROBIN, WITH BROWN WINGS, A GREY CHEST AND THE TOP OF ITS HEAD WAS PURE WHITE WITH 2 BLACK STRIPES GOING FROM ABOVE THE EYES BACK...CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHAT KIND OF BIRD THIS IS..I AM IN SOUTHERN ONTARIO..THANKS
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Post by: GStuart on May 06, 2008, 02:47:28 PM: It sounds like a White-crowned Sparrow.
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Post by: moratorian on May 06, 2008, 04:53:19 PM: Did it look like this?

http://outdoorontario.net/Gallery/Mikes ... d_Sparrowa (http://outdoorontario.net/Gallery/Mikes-Birds/White_crowned_Sparrowa)

Mike
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Post by: brnagn on May 06, 2008, 05:01:50 PM: IT DIDNT LOOK LIKE THE PICTURE IN THE LINK YOU SENT ME....BUT TY
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Post by: Halton Hills on May 06, 2008, 09:52:43 PM: .

Maybe a Northern Shrike?

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(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h235/T_Bone_1962/northern20shrike_2.jpg)

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Post by: brnagn on May 06, 2008, 10:03:18 PM: NOT EVEN CLOSE.....IT IS A VERY STREAMLINED BIRD...BRIGHT WHITE HEAD WITH 2 STRIPES DARKISH GRAY CHEST AND BROWN WINGS. LONG TAIL. THE SAME SIZE AS A ROBIN...KEEP SENDING SUGGESTIONS AND HAGN
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Post by: Pat Hodgson on May 07, 2008, 03:57:15 PM: I would've guessed white-crowned sparrow too.
This combination of features seems unlikely.
horned lark?
female rose-breasted grosbeak?
what was the habitat?
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Post by: brnagn on May 07, 2008, 05:49:58 PM: IT IS NOT THE HORNED LARK...IT WS EATING SEED FROM A FEEDER IN FRONT OF THE FIRST FLOOR APARTMENT BELOW ME...I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS BIRD BEFORE..AND NO...NOT GROSBEAK...I KNOW WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE, BUT TY FOR TRYING
Title: Bird Id
Post by: Napper on May 07, 2008, 09:34:28 PM: Hey:))

Could you please give a better description of your location i.e. Latitude and Longitude..

My Inlaws think that Sault St. Marie is South Eastern Ontario and Toronto is the Tropics

It could be a Whiskey Jack (Gray Jay) if your are near Barrie.

Napper :D
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Post by: brnagn on May 08, 2008, 07:27:37 AM: it is not a gray jay...i am located about an hour west of kitchener...
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Post by: Pat Hodgson on May 08, 2008, 10:33:23 AM: could be some sort of escaped cage bird (exotic)
any chance of getting a photo?
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Post by: brnagn on May 08, 2008, 01:21:41 PM: NOPE...IT WAS ONLY HERE FOR ABOUT 30 SECS. BUT TY
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Post by: David the park stroller on May 08, 2008, 03:23:21 PM: Northern mockingbird? I've seen one with a quite white-head but no real stripes.
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Post by: Joe on May 08, 2008, 04:01:40 PM: brnagn,

Have you checked a good field guide?

Joe
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Post by: brnagn on May 08, 2008, 04:23:49 PM: NO I HAVENT JOE...CAN YOU LOOK AT IT ONLINE...ANY HELP WILL BE GREAT...TY...i SPENT HOURS LOOKING THROUGH SO MANY SITES AND DIDNT SEE ANY BIRD LIKE THIS ONE....