jhiggott@oyster.axion.bt.co.uk (Jeff Higgott) (01/11/90)
At the time of writing (well up until last weekend at least) there were two Dark-eyed Juncos in England. One, a first-winter bird has been around since the beginning of December last year. The other apparently was first seen in May 1987 on one date. The record was rejected by our Rarities Committee. However it reappeared again for one day in the spring of the following year. In Feb 1989 it was seen, briefly in someones garden. There were no further sightings until December 26 when again it was seen in a back garden. It has been present ever since. Other news from Britain concerns a male Black Duck and American Wigeon in Scotland, Rose-coloured Starling alongside the immature Junco and a White-tailed Eagle seen yesterday in Nurfolk. (Also the Red-breated Nuthatch is still around in Holkham Pines. Jeff Higgott (An active non-Finnish European) *#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* * Jeff Higgott # Phone + 44 473 645684 * * RT3121 # E-Mail jhiggott@axion.bt.co.uk * * * * British Telecom Research Laboratories * * Martlesham Heath, IPSWICH IP5 7RE, Suffolk, England * * * * "B.J. woz a witch * * Groovy * * Lay down for me" * *#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*