Mystery Bird: Blue-grey Gnatcatcher, Polioptila caerulea

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[Mystery bird] Blue-grey Gnatcatcher, Polioptila caerulea, photographed in Manhattan, Kansas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]

Image: Dave Rintoul, 11 April 2009 [larger view].

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Looks like a blue gray gnatcatcher. I'm taking ornithology at Ohio State and it looks like the specimens I've seen after playing a screech owl call- PO'd and ready for a fight! Long tail with black also ID's it.

Ack! Too cute! (head explodes)

By Quiet Desperation (not verified) on 21 May 2009 #permalink

AAAAAHHH!

KAWAII!!

(Blue-gray gnatcatchers are fun to watch. Bzzz- bzzz- busy little things.)