Back to Taunya's mystery bird and her 'rough' photo of said bird. I've
always thought that *any* photo is better than no photo.
My potential ID as a White Wagtail was based, as I described, on several
features, including a largely gray-white/black plumage, very long tail, and
the bird's potential location on the ground, near water. All Wagtail
characteristics.

But, a _very_ seasoned Tweeter friend sent me the 2-word, concise
comment. *"Ummm,
No"*
I enjoy concise-citity so that gave me pause. Whereupon I decided to
'play around' digitally with the image.and came up with
https://www.flickr.com/photos/159695762 at N07/54667657758/in/dateposted-public/
It now appears the 'long tail' is an opportnistically located 'twig'.
Said "Tweeter Friend' then voted for an immature Violet-green Swallow. A
rather strange location for such a swallow, but I'm not arguing.
Bob OBrien Portland



On Wed, Jul 16, 2025 at 1:44 PM Robert O'Brien <baro at pdx.edu> wrote:


> Hmmmm Somehow you got away with attaching a photo to Tweeters. I

> didn't think that was possible. Maybe because it was a very small image.

> It's a challenging image but I'd say it looks like a White Wagtail. This

> has varying morphs/subspecies with varying amounts of Black, like your

> bird. A great find if that's what it is. I don't know what else it could

> be. What sort of habitat was it in? These are open country birds, not

> woods, etc.

> Bob OBrien Portland

>

> On Wed, Jul 16, 2025 at 1:26 PM Taunya Schultz via Tweeters <

> tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:

>

>> This was seen near Kent, WA. Anybody have an idea what it is?

>> Taunya Schultz

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