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Anyone here know what this bird might be?  I haven't a clue!!!  I've logged in 19 species this summer and this seems new to me...  Thanks...

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Did they get you to trade, your hero's for ghosts?

Good pictures.  I don't have my books with me at the moment, but start by looking at the kingbirds and the bigger flycatchers.  Is the bird about the size of a mockingbird?  It looks to be basically a drab dark color on the back and chest and underside of tail with white or light belly.  Did you see any color flashes at all when the bird flew?

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Thanks for your reply...  I don't have my book as well at the moment but will look at those you mentioned and see what I can find... I would have never guessed to look at those...   I don't remember seeing any flash colors as it happened so fast...  These photo's are cropped quite a bit, as the bird was far and high in the tree.. 

Thanks Jim, you've given me somewhere's to start anyways...  I'll check here first and see...

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Did they get you to trade, your hero's for ghosts?

I did a search here and came up with a Gray Jay... What do you think?  I know the color around the eyes aren't the same, possibly a variant?

http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/77/overview/Gray_Jay.aspx

 

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Did they get you to trade, your hero's for ghosts?

i saw a gray jay years ago in MT.  I believe that the head shape is not right and they are usually a nice shade of grayish.

 

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Thanks, your probably right... BTW: It is about the size of a Mockingbird too...  Further looking into this, tells me it just may be a Mockingbird..  This a pic I got off of Google..   I deleted this photo...

 

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Did they get you to trade, your hero's for ghosts?

Looks like an Eastern Kingbird to me

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I agree with eastern kingbird. You can see the white tail tip in the second picture.

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Thanks for all your replys.. I am still a bit confused...  But after looking at my Thayer's eField computer guide and Sibley's Guide, I guess I have to lean towards the Eastern Kingbird... I thank you all for helping to verify my 20th bird species that has visited my yard, or neighbors trees...  My birdwatch recording began May 1st as I'm still very much a newb...

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Did they get you to trade, your hero's for ghosts?

I did go and look into my Guides since my last Posting to you, but haven't had the time to get back to you.  I agree that it does look like and Eastern Kingbird.

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I appreciate you efforts Jim... Thanks for helping me out...

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