Re: bird id

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• To: g*@hort.net
• Subject: Re: bird id
• From: C* C* <c*@insightbb.com>
• Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 22:16:52 -0500
• In-reply-to: <001901c7e199$6e081da0$20ecf645@Kitty>
• References: <001901c7e199$6e081da0$20ecf645@Kitty>

I assume you mean chickadee sized. That and the reddish tail have me  
stumped. Check your bird pictures and see if they might be  Eastern  
Phoebes or possibly (if larger than you thought) a great crested  
flycatcher.

Cathy, west central IL, z5b

On Aug 18, 2007, at 8:12 AM, Kitty wrote:

> I have had a new kind of bird here all summer and thought maybe  
> someone would have an idea.  They're way too fast and skittish for  
> me to get a picture.  They are rounded and little perhaps like a  
> chickadee. From a distance they seem to have a light gray breast  
> with darker wing feathers and i think the tail feathers might be  
> red or reddish.  The distinctive feature is their sound.  For such  
> a little bird they are very loud, making a sound like a cicada that  
> lasts 2 or 3 seconds at a time.  Any ideas?
>
>
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone 5
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