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[Delilahae]

HI..

I'm not sure if it is possible to identify this bird..

Thank you..

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[psweet]

Almost anywhere else in the country, this would be an easy ID -- only two birds have that odd-shaped eyering, and Hutton's Vireo is a southwestern specialty. Unfortunately, that includes a good deal of California, and I can't see either the wing or the feet well enough to say for sure.

[Phoenix Bird]

Yes I was thinking about the bill for me it looks like a RCKI as well

[Julie H]

My favorite reference book, American Museum of Natural History Birds of North America shows both Hutton's and RCKI with a broken eye ring.

Julie

[darknight]

I agree, the eyering isn't really a useful ID feature. The wings are hidden, and so are the legs, but the bill does appear to be pretty slim, and Ruby-crowned Kinglets are much more common than Hutton's Vireo's, so I'd say it's probably (but not certainly) and Ruby-crowned Kinglet.