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<span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">Could it be a California Chestnut-Backed Chickadee <em>Poecile rufescens barlowi</em>?</span>
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<span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11pt;"> Here's a photo: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chestnut-backed_chickadee">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chestnut-backed_chickadee</a></span>
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<span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">Tom Benedict</span>
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On 03/19/2022 3:55 PM MIRANDA MIKESH <mlmolympics@hotmail.com> wrote:
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Greetings Fellow Birders,
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On Sunday March 13th, while locally birding at Kai Tai Lagoon in Port Townsend, I happened upon what I think may be a rare hybrid: Chestnut-backed Chickadee x Yellow-bellied tit(?). Please note the eBird link for accompanying comments and photos: https://ebird.org/checklist/S105173896
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I would be very grateful for knowledgeable feedback and opinions from the Tweeters community of folks. Unfortunately I only had my iPhone for capturing pictures in the moment - as in person the vibrant yellow belly on this bird was remarkable and really stood out. I would have (perhaps should have) posted to Tweeters sooner, I’ve more or less still been trying to discern what I viewed, as I’ve never seen anything like this bird. Better said aloud to my young daughters in the moment, “Look at this Chestnut-backed chickadee with the yellow belly!….Wait a minute, how can that be??”
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Much appreciation for thoughts and comments therein….
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Kindly,
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~Miranda Maxwell
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mlmolympics@hotmail.com
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Port Townsend, WA
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