Re: ID help

[Bruce & Lynn Robinson <dbruce at prodigy dot net>]

Hi Cathleen,
Have you tried Green-tailed Towhee?  Your description
sounds like it might be this bird.


--- Cathleen Caron <CathyC@weider.com> wrote:
> I was wondering if I could get some help with
> identification of a new
> bird I saw in my backyard two days ago. I have never
> seen one like it
> that I can recall.  I am a novice birder and I have
> scoured my Sibley
> book, but can't find what I saw.  The bird was
> robin-like in size and
> form. It had a white throat with a white stripe over
> it's eyes. The top
> of its head and back were rusty colored and the rest
> grayish.
> Unfortunately other details are already fading from
> my memory, but I
> believe it's belly was un-speckled and light in
> color. It was foraging
> around in the dirt under my pine tree.  I thought it
> must be some kind
> of thrush, but nothing in the book seems quite
> right. Any help would be
> greatly appreciated!
> 
> 
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