Re: bird id

Did you send her with the stork information? Or the cabbage patch?
(*giggle*) When kids grow up on a farm...they figure that out pretty
soon.

  

james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net> wrote:
  Right. If you've got any extras, send them our way. Very pretty bird... 
and very nice photograph.

Oh, yeah, and Crabcake went back to school today. But not before I 
downloaded and printed the National Zoo's fact sheet. Seems one of Ms. 
Fatma's precocious beasts asked her yesterday how they made babies.

On Aug 21, 2007, at 10:44 AM, Zemuly Sanders wrote:

> "Oh, my" is right, Kitty. What a beautiful little bird.
> zem
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kitty" 
> To: 
> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 10:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] bird id
>
>
>> I'd rule out the flycatcher, breast not bright. The eastern Phoebe 
>> looks plausible, but no reddish tail. The wren Theresa mentioned 
>> seems likely. While searching for pictures I came across the Fairy 
>> Wren. Oh my! Glorious. Not mine though.
>> http://wordpress.com/tag/spiral/feed/
>> and scroll down a bit.
>> Oh, wow, and this!:
>> http://www.surfbirds.com/media/Photos/dec03screen.jpg
>>
>> Kitty
>> neIN, Zone 5
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cathy Carpenter" 
>> 
>> To: 
>> Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2007 10:16 PM
>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] bird id
>>
>>
>>> I assume you mean chickadee sized. That and the reddish tail have me
>>> stumped. Check your bird pictures and see if they might be Eastern
>>> Phoebes or possibly (if larger than you thought) a great crested
>>> flycatcher.
>>>
>>> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
>>>
>>> On Aug 18, 2007, at 8:12 AM, Kitty wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have had a new kind of bird here all summer and thought maybe
>>>> someone would have an idea. They're way too fast and skittish for
>>>> me to get a picture. They are rounded and little perhaps like a
>>>> chickadee. From a distance they seem to have a light gray breast
>>>> with darker wing feathers and i think the tail feathers might be
>>>> red or reddish. The distinctive feature is their sound. For such
>>>> a little bird they are very loud, making a sound like a cicada that
>>>> lasts 2 or 3 seconds at a time. Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Kitty
>>>> neIN, Zone 5
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