When a woman says blue-blue she is not likely describing the pale steel blue or robin's egg blue of a mountain bluebird but the significant color an indigo bunting. We have about ten thousand variations of describing colors like green using sage, dusty green, lime, forest, kelly, celeron... Terri Welisek Sherwood WI Calumet County -----Original Message----- From: wisbirdn-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wisbirdn-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Korducki Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 10:59 PM To: pfissel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Wisconsin Birding Network Subject: [wisb] Re: Potential rarity in Oshkosh Sparrow size and all blue screams Indigo Bunting to me. Work a look though. Mark Korducki, New Berlin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Fissel" <pfissel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Wisconsin Birding Network" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 8:42 PM Subject: [wisb] Potential rarity in Oshkosh >I called my mom in Oshkosh tonight - she happened to mention that yesterday >(Thursday,) she had seen a "little blue bird" on the ground under the >feeders. She said it was sparrow-sized and "blue-blue" (as opposed to >blue-gray) pretty much all over. She didn't notice it today, but said she >wasn't out in the kitchen much so didn't really check the feeders. I will >call her tomorrow to check on whether she sees it again - if so, I'll post >to the list. Chris West me called right after I got off the phone with her >and mentioned that he had missed the Illinois Beach SP Mountain Bluebird >this afternoon... hmmm.... > > What a time of year to have a bum knee... grrrr. > > Peter Fissel > Madison WI > #################### > You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin > Birding Network (Wisbirdn). > To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn > To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn > Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn > > > #################### You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn #################### You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn