[Birdnet] That solved my mystery bird in Francis 01-26-09...

[garybnunn at gmail.com]

On Jan 26th I also saw the same bird photographed by Shelly Spencer in  
Francis. After some Evening Grosbeaks cleared out of some chokecherry about  
1.5 miles down Lower River Road I caught sight of a blackbird sized bird  
deep in some tangled bushes, no amount of pishing could bring it out but  
the pale eye and pale rufous eyebrow were evident as it peered back at me.  
It flew to another tangle and I could see it was quite rufous overall in  
plumage almost reminscent of a small dark thrasher or giant bewick's wren.  
That was my last view, my thought at the time was a lone Brewer's Blackbird  
eking out an existence in a very strange place - I should have known better  
from the rufous plumage and distinctive eyebrow marking evident in the deep  
shade of the tangle. With all the action going on and my all out hunt for  
Bohemian Waxwing, I gave up and moved on...

Congratulations to Shelley on great documentation!

Gary Nunn
Ahwatukee, AZ
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