I'm not sure that Tropical Kingbird can qualify as a jinx
bird under any circumstances in the Pacific Northwest.

I chased Northern Saw-whet Owl around for 20 years, hearing
them, but never seeing them before finding one in a Wood
Duck Box.... that's a jinx bird.

I'm going on 30 years never having seen a Poorwill even
though I've heard them on multiple occasions in four
Oregon Counties.... that's a jinx bird.

I only seem to be able to find dead Barred Owls (going
on 5 for Clatsop Co now).... that's a jinx bird.

Regularly occurring in appropriate habitat, but never there
when you go looking for them. Tropical Kingbird is a
irregular vagrant... no big deal in missing this one.

--
Mike Patterson When I despair, I remember
Astoria, OR that all through history
celata at pacifier.com the way of truth and love have always won.
There have been tyrants, and murderers,
and for a time they can seem invincible,
but in the end they always fall.
Think of it...always.
- Mahatma Gandhi

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