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

Hello Marilyn,

It sounds to me like your ID was correct.


On Tue, 2 May 1995, Marilyn McCoy wrote:

> Hi Tweeters,
>
> I need help IDing a pair of birds that are hanging around my bird feeder.
> Here's the description:
>
> male:
> - greyish-blue hood extending down to bottom of neck
> - black eyes
> - lite pink beak, shaped like a Grosbeak's beak
> - reddish back with brown upperwings
> - white breast, surrounded by red
> - 5-6"
> - white outer tail feathers
>
> female:
> - less colorful, more grey
>
> behavior:
> - eats only from the ground
> - flicks tail downward giving a flash of white
> - hangs around in the artic-blue willows
> - soft trill
>
> The closest guess I could come up with is Dark-eyed (Oregon) Juncos, but I've
> never heard of them here (I live in Moscow, ID on the edge of a wheat field).
> Anybody have any clues?
>
> Saw my first pair of American Goldfinches at my birdfeeder on 4-29-95, and my
> first Rufous Hummingbird on 4-24-95. And on my running path in Pullman, WA,
> there is a Great-horned Owl's nest with 1 fuzzy white (but large) owlet? (and
> mom, of course).
>