longlakepat
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Hi....I live just outside Minneapolis Minnesota on a small hobby farm.. About
a week ago (mid October) I saw 4-5-6 of the same bird flitting around our
garden area....they all appeared to be the same..Here goes: Size of about
a robin perhaps slightly smaller....blue on head -wings--and tail...the breast
area was a sort of cream colored...At first glance I thought they might be
indigo buntings but those are all blue (I've seen them before on our property)
The blue was not as dark as an indigo bunting...they had almost a warbler
type look and their wings were definitly not "swallow like"...I'm not a
"birder"...but we have several bird books and can't find anything like them.
My "guess" is that they were migrating as I have not seen them since...nor
had I seen them before.. I couldn't get close enough to see if there were
any gender type differences..nor could I get any close up views of their
bills...My first impression or glance was that they might be eastern bluebirds
which we have on our property....but they were not ...and a somewhat
larger bird...Thanks so much Pat
a week ago (mid October) I saw 4-5-6 of the same bird flitting around our
garden area....they all appeared to be the same..Here goes: Size of about
a robin perhaps slightly smaller....blue on head -wings--and tail...the breast
area was a sort of cream colored...At first glance I thought they might be
indigo buntings but those are all blue (I've seen them before on our property)
The blue was not as dark as an indigo bunting...they had almost a warbler
type look and their wings were definitly not "swallow like"...I'm not a
"birder"...but we have several bird books and can't find anything like them.
My "guess" is that they were migrating as I have not seen them since...nor
had I seen them before.. I couldn't get close enough to see if there were
any gender type differences..nor could I get any close up views of their
bills...My first impression or glance was that they might be eastern bluebirds
which we have on our property....but they were not ...and a somewhat
larger bird...Thanks so much Pat