Subject: Re: bird identification
Date: Apr 1 20:29:39 1995
From: Russell Rogers - rrogers


>From Russell Rogers, Seattle WA, rrogers at halcyon.com

Karen,

A Great Tit is not a likely choice as a vagrant here. What other field
marks were visible and how did it act.


On Sat, 1 Apr 1995 karensw at halcyon.halcyon.com wrote:

> Tweeters,
>
> I have seen a bird at my feeder in Everett several times that I'm having
> trouble indentifying. It has distinctive black and white bands over the head
> and face, and most closely resembles a Mountain Chickadee, but is too large.
> The best ID I can make is a Great Tit, listed in Peterson's as an accidental
> stray from Alaska. Does this seem like a reasonable ID? Thanks for any
> thoughts you may have about this.
>
> Karen
>
>