Subject: [Tweeters] RE: Bird ID Requested
Date: Jun 6 14:53:08 2007
From: Evan Houston - evanghouston at yahoo.com


Hi all,
Thanks for your responses. Six people have gotten back to me, and I'm a little embarrassed to report that the ID turns out to be a recently fledged European Starling. The consolation for me is that only 2/6 people proposed Starling, so that makes me feel a bit better.
For some reason, I didn't consider juvenile Starling, but after looking at Sibley, it fits perfectly, especially after Jim Danzenbaker noted recent fledglings have some streaking on the front.
I should have mentioned earlier that the pictures were taken in Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC, and I should have signed off correctly earlier:

Evan Houston
Seattle, WA


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