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From: kelly@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Fishhead)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Bird ID needed in So. Cal.: small, canary-like, but white
Message-ID: <1991Jun2.041052.25155@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
Date: 2 Jun 91 04:10:52 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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I live in San Diego, CA, on the coast, and had a new visitor to our bird
bath today. It looked very much like a canary, size, the body, the type
of feathers, the beak, except it was white. It was about 10 feet away, and
very spooky, so that is the best description I can give. I won't be able
to get to a bird id book for a bit, so i was wondering if anyone out there
had any suggestions on what it was...? Its slightly smaller than a house finch,
since one landed next to it while it was drinking. It didn't make any noise
nor peeps, nothing, while it was in the area for about 15 minutes. 

Oh, the beak was yellowish, i believe, and the legs reddish. Its face might
have had some sort of extremely faint coloration, but it was very hard to tell.
otherwise there were no markings, just white feathers from every angle I
could see, as it sat there, then flew away. 

Thanks for all your help. I would appreciate responses in mail, and i can
summarize for the net if there is interest...
Kelly
kelly@cobalt.cco.caltech.edu