After paging through my three bird books the past few days I am still unable
to identify a bird I've seen come to my feeder. It has the body coloring of
a cedar wax wing, no top knot, the shape and size of about that of a purple
finch, the bill is heavier than a warbler, more like a finch, the wings are
quit dark, no other color markings on the wings that I can see. I've seen
warblers, the bill isn't right for this bird. I thought it might have been
a brown headed cowbird but the neighbor has seen those and says it isn't
one. He doesn't know what this is either. I saw this bird for the first
time last Tuesday and today there have been two at the feeder. I have a 3
compartment feeder with sunflower heart pieces, thistle and chickadee mix.
They are only interested in the sunflower. Does anyone have any idea what
this bird might be?

Patricia Hansen
1 balcony
University Place, Wa. USA
pmhansen at drizzle.com


"Use what talent you possess:
the woods would be
very silent if no birds sang
except those that sang best."
- Henry Van Dyke