Karen,

A Great Tit would be either an escapee or an astounding rarity. Either
way it might be good to have some other people look at it, if it's a
regular visitor and/or photograph it.

Gene Hunn.


On Sat, 1 Apr 1995 karensw at 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
>
>