Hi Tweeters,

Dennis says:
>In my yard yesterday evening was a plump bird with no apparent tail,
>gray-brown above with a blackish head and entirely rufous underparts except
>for whitish on the throat and undertail coverts. It ran across the yard
>and pulled up a worm and swallowed it. I think it might be a
>Rufous-breasted Pitta. Any comments from the experts?

Dennis P sees in his yard a Pitta
Running about in leaf litta;
When he finds rects.* of Robin,
He'll likely be sobbin',
Chagrined, and probably bitta.

Michael Price
Vancouver BC Canada
michael_price at mindlink


*rectrices is the $50 word for tail feathers. One is a rectrix.