Today's Mystery Bird for you to Identify

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[Mystery bird] Eastern kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus, photographed at Smith Point, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]

Image: Joseph Kennedy, 5 September 2008 [larger view].

Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/1000s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.

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Tough from that angle, but I'll say Eastern Kingbird.

Eastern Kingbird.
The black cap/mask on that body shape is generally enough to make the call. But the extensive white tail tip makes it indisputable for an American bird.

Eastern Phoebe or Eastern Kingbird - probably the latter, but the color seems so dull... and I can't really make out that the tail tip is white, which would be a real giveaway if I could see it. There's a gleam there, but it could just as well be part of the branch as the tail.

Eastern Kingbird