North America,Trush size, white outer tail feathers (1 Viewer)

rayl

Well-known member

• Oct 11, 2004

• #1

North America,Thrush size, white outer tail feathers

Hi all,
Just back from a visit to Boston MA. This bird was viewed from above for a very brief moment but the white outer tail feathers were very prominent, the rest of the bird could have been blue/grey or buff in colour and seemed to be about UK thrush size. I know its not much to go on but the prominent white feathers in the tail seemed to be quite unusual.

Ray

 

Grousemore

Senior Member

• Oct 11, 2004

• #2

Northern Mockingbird fits the bill on size and the white o/t feathers are very visible in flight.

 

rayl

Well-known member

• Oct 11, 2004

• #3

Thanks Trevor, just checked out the forum database and your suggestion seems correct. The colour of the birds back is good and the tail seems quite long in comparison to the rest of the bird, also habitat is correct.
What a wonderful resource we have here, thanks again.

Ray

 

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Dave B Smith

Well-known member

• Oct 12, 2004

• #4

Trevor,
I was going to suggest the same.

 

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BarbaraM

Well-known member

• Oct 12, 2004

• #5

rayl said:

Hi all,
Just back from a visit to Boston MA. This bird was viewed from above for a very brief moment but the white outer tail feathers were very prominent, the rest of the bird could have been blue/grey or buff in colour and seemed to be about UK thrush size. I know its not much to go on but the prominent white feathers in the tail seemed to be quite unusual.

Ray

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Same here - Northern Mockingbird - just from the brief description. Very common here in West - song can also aid ID - although it can sound like a wide variety of birds (hence mockingbird) the song almost always comes in threes. It also sometimes starts singing before daylight. Tends to perch high (TV antenna, top of tree, telephone pole, etc.) and sing. Barbara