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Message: <blockquote data-quote="memse" data-source="post: 1439984" data-attributes="member: 63472">New Pictures!I went back to the same spot that I saw the original bird and waited around for some time at some distance away.  I spotted a bird but it flew off but landed about 150' away in a small scrub tree facing towards the morning sun.  I walked over and got some shots at a distance hoping that it might be the same bird (I don't carry binoculars being that my camera & lens weights 10 lbs and I'm not really a birder anyway -- my thrill is in getting up close & personal for the best shots possible).  I tried to get closer but it flew off not to be seen again this day.  I thought it might be an Ash-throated flycatcher being that I see them regularly here (but are larger).  I consoled myself with getting some great shots of a Hermit Thrush and Blue-gray Gnatcatchers which I will posting to the gallery.  Once I downloaded my pixs from this AM I believe that I was lucky and the shots I got are of are my original mystery bird.  These are not great but they full side & rear shots so maybe a definitive ID can be made.  I cropped & resized to fit the upload and noticed that one shot clearly indicates a light colored lower beak.  Memse. (Funny, when I uploaded my pixs, the program reduced them all from around 290K to less then 50K except for the last).</blockquote>