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Re: ;)



(cursing his emai client and vowing to find a new one...)

I may have a similar discovery - the Dark-eyed Juncohatch, observed
frantically and persistently digging into my suet whilst his brethren
dug into the tasty seeds strewn onto the ground.  Should I get photos
for submission? ;-)

-Sandy

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Sandy Cash
Durham, NC (recently moved)
scash@mindspring.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Phillips" <axis1@sccoast.net>
To: "carolinabirds" <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 1:27 AM
Subject: ;)


> Hello y'all,
>     This afternoon, while guarding the feeders from a flock of ~100 C.
> Grackles, I was fortunate to observe a most rare and elusive bird; the
> Yellow-rumped Warbler-Sparrow.  I realize the difficulty in making
this ID,
> since all aspects of the bird's appearance and vocalization point to
MYWA.
> However, its foraging behavior, food choice (sunflower meats) and
preference
> for associating with its ground-feeding sparrow brethren rather than
with
> the identically-plumaged but arboreally-inclined insectivores observed
in a
> nearby maple sealed the ID.
>    If the current trend in dietary preferences among members of the
Class
> Aves continues, I should soon be able to report an observation of the
> not-ever-seen-before Rufous Hummingbird-Sparrow.
>
> Cheers,
> ;)
> GP
> Gary Phillips
> Conway, SC
> axis1@sccoast.net
> "A dog might as well speculate on the mind of Newton." (Darwin)
>