A friend and I were hiking at Carver Park Reserve this afternoon and at about 5:30 pm we spotted a bird which we had not seen before. Infact I don't recall ever even seeing a picture of the bird. We paged through our National Geographic Field Guide to Birds and were unable to find anything close to what we were looking at. We studied the bird for fifteen minutes through our binocs at 15 yards or less as it flew between ash trees near us. About ten minutes later we saw a pair pearched on low vegitation just outside of a marsh area.
The bird was a bit larger than a sparrow, most of its body was black aside from a white crown that started halfway across the top of the head (similar to a bufflehead but not so far down the cheek) It had white stripes on each shoulder forming a V on its back. The bird also had a white stripe down its lower back and tail. This bird was definately not a woodpecker although at first glance (in flight) I thought it was a female downy. This bird may very well be common, but as I am not incredibly bird savy and it was not in my book, I thought I would bring it up. If anyone has an idea as to what this may have been please let me know. _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/
