This bird flew away before I could grab my camera.
It was exactly the size of a tufted titmouse, which was easy to compare because it was fighting for seeds with a titmouse sitting on my feeder.
Its head and belly were white, but had black & white wings.
My field guide says its could be a snow bunting or a black-and-white warbler, but neither exactly fits what I saw.
Its bill was pretty long - longer than that of the titmouse, thus ruling out a snow bunting.
Its head was white, ruling out a black-and-white warbler.
The way it postured itself on a tree brach was unique too. It sat almost upside down, inclined at about 70' downward, looking down at the tufted titmouse as if to dart at it like a missle.
What could it have been?
It was exactly the size of a tufted titmouse, which was easy to compare because it was fighting for seeds with a titmouse sitting on my feeder.
Its head and belly were white, but had black & white wings.
My field guide says its could be a snow bunting or a black-and-white warbler, but neither exactly fits what I saw.
Its bill was pretty long - longer than that of the titmouse, thus ruling out a snow bunting.
Its head was white, ruling out a black-and-white warbler.
The way it postured itself on a tree brach was unique too. It sat almost upside down, inclined at about 70' downward, looking down at the tufted titmouse as if to dart at it like a missle.
What could it have been?
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