I am with Dean and Wendy….
The posture as well is more NOMO. TOSO sit more “upright” whereas NOMO are more “horizontal”.
Always fun to have an ID challenge!
Scott
Daily Archives: November 22, 2021
Re: Help with identifying
Yellow eyes, lack of distinctive white eye ring, lightly buffed breast leading to paler belly, white wing bars: NOMO. The two can be confused on brief sightings. Hood photos.
Dean Jones
Re: Help with identifying
Northern mockingbird. Your bird has white wing patches versus the buffy patches of a solitaire and also no white eyering as a solitaire has. The bill of your bird is curved and longer than a solitaire as well.
Beautiful!
Wendy Dandridge
Santa Rosa
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Re: Help with identifying
It is a Townsend’s Solitaire, which feeds on juniper berries in the winter. Nice pictures! My new email address will be trostchuck87@….
Cheers,
Chuck Trost
Always forward, never straight…
Re: Help with identifying
Northern Mockingbird
Help with identifying
My wife and I just came back from Carson City, NV where I took these pictures at a friend’s house. First thoughts were a Clarks Nutcracker or a Gray Jay, but it doesn’t seem to quite match either. Juvenile
Clarks? The fires in the Sierras have driven a lot of birds outside their normal areas, so this bird may be passing through.
Thanks,
Tom Soniville
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Tom Soniville
Boise. North End