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Re: identification of bird



Sounds like Cedar Waxwings -- were their heads "crested"?
JP

On Sun, 16 Jan 2000, George & Nancy Goolsby wrote:

> My sister-in-law saw a flock of about 25 small, slender, gray birds in
> southeast Charlotte, near Rea Rd and Hwy 51. The end of their tails was
> yellow, as if "dipped in paint". We both have looked several times through
> the Natl Geographic Field Guide to North America but cannot find any small
> bird with a yellow-tipped tail. 
> 
> We will appreciate any help in identifying these birds.
> 
> George Goolsby
> Charlotte
> 
> 

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