Mystery Bird: Gray Jay, Perisoreus canadensis

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[Mystery bird] Gray Jay, Perisoreus canadensis, photographed in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]

Image: Terry Sohl, 9 August 2007 [larger view].

Photo taken with a Canon 20D, 400 5.6L.

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light gray under
black cap on back of head barely visible
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By Jerry Friedman (not verified) on 19 Apr 2009 #permalink

When/where do you post the IDs? I tweeted you about this, but forgot to post here, so here goes - I call it:

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