Mason,

If that Tropical/Couch's Kingbird is still around, look closely at the bill and see if there is a slight chip off the tip of the upper mandible. We had such a bird in Bellingham in the first half of November. General consensus was that it was a Tropical Kingbird.

Barry Ulman
Bellingham, WA.


On Jan 8, 2011, at 8:55 PM, Mason Flint wrote:

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> PS. I think I just saw either a Couch?s or Tropical Kingbird at my house on Lake Sammamish. It could have been a Western Kingbird but the relatively heavy bill, the limited gray on the breast and the green hints on the mantle point away from Western. ;-)
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