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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: Raven11:11 on November 04, 2009, 02:11:05 PM

Title: Small bird, dark stripe with some white, Nuthatch?
Post by: Raven11:11 on November 04, 2009, 02:11:05 PM

We saw a new bird on our feeder today, I just got a quick look as it flew very fast and is smaller than a Junco,
.. Small bird, dark stripe with some white.  small short tail, longer than usual beak. Any ideas?

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Post by: Kin Lau on November 04, 2009, 03:10:58 PM

House or Winter Wren?

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Post by: Raven11:11 on November 04, 2009, 03:28:03 PM

Yes, however the coloring is different than what see on google images,  the Wren i saw had a dark line along its side & lighter feathers on its belly ...

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Post by: Raven11:11 on November 04, 2009, 03:31:55 PM

Actually it may have been a Nuthatch too ... I just referred to my field guide to birding and it may be the brown headed nuthatch .. he was too fast to get a close look and would not stop in 1 place too long. and the tail was VERY VERY short*

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Post by: cloaca on November 04, 2009, 05:23:30 PM

Look at the range map in your field guide.

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Post by: Raven11:11 on November 04, 2009, 05:28:26 PM

I did, looks like the nuthatch then.

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Post by: Bluffs Birder on November 04, 2009, 07:17:17 PM

As above, refer to your Field Guide for the range map (if it has one) of the Brown-headed Nuthatch, they do not and have not come in to the province of Ontario ever.

Happy Birding!
Walter  :)

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Post by: Brian Bailey on November 04, 2009, 10:51:57 PM

It sounds like a Red-breasted Nuthatch.  They are reasonably common, but they don't come to (my) feeders very often.  They are often found in mixed flocks of chickadees, kinglets and creepers.

BB

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Post by: Bird Brain on November 05, 2009, 09:04:56 AM

Raven11:11 ... did the bird look like this?  

http://ic2.pbase.com/o4/29/336929/1/565 ... thatch.jpg (http://ic2.pbase.com/o4/29/336929/1/56558097.T1009RedbreastedNuthatch.jpg)

Jo-Anne  :)

Title: Brown headed Nuthatch ?
Post by: Napper on November 15, 2009, 08:27:01 PM

Hey!

This might be bogus but it is worth a look!

there is no exif data attached.

Napper

I am sure most of you diehards already know, apparently all of the "Twitchers" are out looking for this bird
see link

http://www.naturesbestcreations.com/php ... 516#p23516 (http://www.naturesbestcreations.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=4675&p=23516#p23516)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitchers%27_vocabulary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitchers%27_vocabulary)

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Post by: thouc on November 15, 2009, 08:49:48 PM

It seems to have been some kind of "spoof" according to someone who went there too see it.

See link below:

http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/ON ... 1258314521 (http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/ONTB.html#1258314521)