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Monday Mystery Bonus Stumper
A reader of my "Bird Watcher" column writes:
About a month ago while I was eating, I saw an unusual bird on the lawn. I was looking through a porch railing and the bird was moving, so it was hard to get a good look at it.
The bird had a black or dark brown head. The body seemed to be medium brown. The tail feathers stuck out and on the top of the end of the tail it was a beige or cream color.
I think it was about the size of a robin. … I have Golden's "Birds of North America," and I searched the book from cover to cover and could not locate the bird I saw. Do you know what it was?
Any ideas?
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My first impression was a female Towhee.
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The Eastern Kingbird has a white edge to the tail and the head is darker than the body, but I don’t know if they would be feeding on a lawn. I have only seen they flycatching at the Celery Farm.
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After much searching, the closest I could come was a female rose-breasted grosbeak, but thats probably in the fieldguide, so I’m goimg to guess someones’s escaped pet.
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Molly
My first impression was a female Towhee.
Carol Flanagan
The Eastern Kingbird has a white edge to the tail and the head is darker than the body, but I don’t know if they would be feeding on a lawn. I have only seen they flycatching at the Celery Farm.
Patrick Carney
After much searching, the closest I could come was a female rose-breasted grosbeak, but thats probably in the fieldguide, so I’m goimg to guess someones’s escaped pet.