[CT Birds] Mystery bird photo

[Brian Webster]

I don't know why, but I see a Titmouse.  Not as big as a robin, obviously.... but your description fits.  Especially the orange flanks.  They have a black tuft on their head, dark and long tail.

 

 

Just a thought.

 

 

-Brian Webster-
 
> Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:01:50 -0800
> From: voros at sbcglobal.net
> To: ctbirds at lists.ctbirding.org
> Subject: [CT Birds] Mystery bird photo
> 
> OK, so the bird came back and I took a photo with my blackberry.  It's a terrible photo compounded by the fact our glass is gold tinted.
> http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/2899/whitea.jpg
> 
> Defniitely not a mockingbird. I saw it flying and there were no wing bars.  Im not ruling out Shrike but definitely couldnt see the beak from where I was standing.  
> 
> The tail was long and dark with a slight split at the end.   The rest of the bird was mostly white with some streaking on the head and someone said they saw some orangish on its belly but I did not.  The bird was definitely the same size as the robin.
> 
> maybe someone else can make sense of the horrible photo.
> Thanks!
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