I dunno, scouring others' photos of female bluebirds, Western or Mountain,
this one just isn't screaming bluebird to yours truly, mainly because of the
color of the bill. I thought flycatcher at first, but couldn't come up
w/which one. See esp. Mac Knight's photos:



http://www.pbase.com/macknight/bluebirds



Bye,

Mary



Mary E. Klein
Bremerton WA
catbird54 -at- comcast.net







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Subject: [Tweeters] RE: help with ID of Eastern WA finch-like bird



I'd go with female Western Bluebird. It's often more challenging to ID a
bird with light from a setting sun making it tough to see the lower
red/orange wavelengths of the visible spectrum. One one of those photos,
you can see the bluish tint along the edges of the wings.

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Ned McGarry
Sammamish, WA