Bird in central Minnesota, help me id. (2 Viewers)

[robin147]

I got this picture on my trail camera this summer and I have been unable to identify it. It has white tips on the tail and wings. The beak seems slender and slightly down curved. Any ideas.

 

[Mike Earp]

I got this picture on my trail camera this summer and I have been unable to identify it. It has white tips on the tail and wings. The beak seems slender and slightly down curved. Any ideas.

Looks like a White-winged Dove to me

 

[Andrew Whitehouse]

Blue Jay

 

[raymie]

It's a Blue Jay. White-winged Doves don't occur in Minnesota.

 

[jmepler]

It's a Blue Jay. White-winged Doves don't occur in Minnesota.

I agree that it is a Bluejay, but it is not true that White-winged Doves don't occur in Minnesota. They are not common, but there have been dozens there in the past. You can see an eBird checklist from this year at this link.

 

[robin147]

A Blue Jay has a white chest, this bird is black or very dark brown. Any other ideas

 

[raymie]

I agree that it is a Bluejay, but it is not true that White-winged Doves don't occur in Minnesota. They are not common, but there have been dozens there in the past. You can see an eBird checklist from this year at this link.

They don't occur with any regularity, though.

 

[raymie]

A Blue Jay has a white chest, this bird is black or very dark brown. Any other ideas

That's just an artifact of the lighting in this photo. This is a Blue Jay.