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Re: identification of bird
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Re: identification of bird
- From: Jeff Pippen <jspippen@duke.edu>
- Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 22:28:54 -0500 (EST)
- In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.20000116214503.0069a8d4@mindspring.com>
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
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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