Hi Dennis,
Is your specimen a Greater Seattle Bushtit?
Greg Toffic
Seattle

-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis Paulson [mailto:dpaulson at ups.edu]
Sent: 14 June, 2004 10:26 AM
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: bushtit in a fir tree


Hello, tweeters.

I have in my hand a male Bushtit, just taken out of a museum drawer.
Other than its white cotton eyes, it looks exactly like the bird
pictured in the mystery photo. Same length tail, same size bill,
pretty much same everything. I'll leave further conclusions to the
reader.

Dennis
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