Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/24

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Subject: [Leica] What bird is this
From: ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Wed Aug 24 07:23:42 2005
References: <BF323D35.4DBC%philippe.orlent@pandora.be>
 
England's robin is a close relative to the American bluebirds.

The American robin is a larger thrush misnamed by early settlers  
because its colors resembled the robins they had at home.

Ric Carter
http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies

On Aug 24, 2005, at 9:05 AM, Philippe Orlent wrote:

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>> From: Daniel Ridings <dlridings@gmail.com>
>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>> Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 14:56:57 +0200
>> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] What bird is this
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>> Erithacus rubecula
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> I think the robin is another species, but we call the erithacus  
> rubecula a
> "red tittie". (translated from Flemish into English)
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