hi, this just came in from Birchat..... Rob Hilton robert@csa.com Bethesda, MD >X-Sender: smlong@mail.iex.net >Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 11:19:00 -0600 >Reply-To: Stephen Long <smlong@ABASALES.COM> >Sender: "National Birding Hotline Cooperative (Chat Line)" > <BIRDCHAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU> >From: Stephen Long <smlong@ABASALES.COM> >Subject: [BIRDCHAT] ? Shiny Cowbird in VA >To: BIRDCHAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU > >Chatters, > >A Virginia birder posted the following comment and request for information. > Thought some of you Mid-Atlantic birders could help her out. Please >respond directly to Robin since I surmise that she does not have access to >BirdChat. > >Thanks > >At 06:24 PM 10/20/98 -0600, you wrote: >>Message Type Query >>Subject Other >>Other Possible Shiny Cowbird sighting >>Comments I live in Alexandria, Virginia. This morning, at one of my >>feeders, I saw a bird I didn't recognize. It was slightly smaller than a >>starling, a glossy black with no speckles on it, a black head, dark eyes, >>and a bill that was almost grosbeak-like. After going through all of my >>books, the only bird that comes close is a Shiny Cowbird. It couldn't have >>been a Brown-headed Cowbird, because it's head was a dark, glossy black >>just like its body, and the bill was heavier than a b-h cowbird. But it >>looked just like the picture of the Shiny Cowbird in the Audubon book. >>Have there been any sightings of Shiny Cowbirds in Virginia? I didn't get >>pictures, but should be able to if it shows up again. >>Name Robin Castle >>Email rcastle@tiac.net >>Phone 703/765-5343 >>Fax >>Contact ASAP Contact me ASAP >> > >Best regards, >Stephen M. Long, Manager >AMERICAN BIRDING ASSOCIATION SALES, Inc. >P. O. Box 6599 >720 West Monument Street >Colorado Springs, CO 80934 >800-634-7736 (phone) 719-578-0607 >800-590-2473 (fax) 719-578-9705 >smlong@aba.org (e-mail) >Check out our web site: http://www.americanbirding.org > >