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May 28, 2012

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?

 

3 comments

  • Molly
    14 years ago Reply

    My first impression was a female Towhee.

  • Carol Flanagan
    14 years ago Reply

    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
    14 years ago Reply

    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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3 comments

  • Molly
    14 years ago Reply

    My first impression was a female Towhee.

  • Carol Flanagan
    14 years ago Reply

    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
    14 years ago Reply

    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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