You may want to consider Great-tailed Grackle

Michael Willison wrote:

> It was roughly gull shape and
> size but I've never seen such a tail. It was I estimate to be about the
> size and jizz of a ring-billed gull, not a large heavy bird. The wings
> seemed just a little more slender and pointed. Then the tail. Approx. the
> same length as the body and at the end of the tail it kind of spooned in
> shape. The only jeager I don't have experience with is the long-tailed but
> this bird did not have a jeager bulk and strength appearance to it. Plus
> the tail seemed too long even for what I believe a long-taileds tail should
> be. Also it had no streamers out of the center of the end of the tail.
> Just really long and then spooned at the end. The length of the tail alone
> was easily the length of the bird from the bill to the base of the tail. It
> flew over me quite quickly but not unlike a gull.
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> Total observance time about 6-8 seconds as it flew over and towards the
> water. No binoculars with me. About 100 ft. high. Bad sky color to get
> any good color notes on the bird.
more snipping
> Michael Willison
> sendtomichael at hotmail.com
> Auburn, WA
> (253) 939-4986

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