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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Robert O'Brien <baro@pdx.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, July 20, 2025 12:24:09 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Taunya Schultz <schultz_t@hotmail.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> tweeters@u.washington.edu <tweeters@u.washington.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Tweeters] bird ID</font>
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<div dir="ltr">Back to Taunya's mystery bird and her 'rough' photo of said bird. I've always thought that
<i><b>any</b></i> photo is better than no photo.
<div>My potential ID as a White Wagtail was based, as I described, on several features, including a largely gray-white/black plumage, very long tail, and the bird's potential location on the ground, near water. All Wagtail characteristics.</div>
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<div>But, a _very_ seasoned Tweeter friend sent me the 2-word, concise comment. <b>
<i>"Ummm, No"</i></b></div>
<div> I enjoy concise-citity so that gave me pause. Whereupon I decided to 'play around' digitally with the image.and came up with </div>
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<div>It now appears the 'long tail' is an opportnistically located 'twig'.</div>
<div>Said "Tweeter Friend' then voted for an immature Violet-green Swallow. A rather strange location for such a swallow, but I'm not arguing.</div>
<div>Bob OBrien Portland</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="x_gmail_attr">On Wed, Jul 16, 2025 at 1:44 PM Robert O'Brien <<a href="mailto:baro@pdx.edu">baro@pdx.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Hmmmm Somehow you got away with attaching a photo to Tweeters. I didn't think that was possible. Maybe because it was a very small image.
<div>It's a challenging image but I'd say it looks like a White Wagtail. This has varying morphs/subspecies with varying amounts of Black, like your bird. A great find if that's what it is. I don't know what else it could be. What sort of habitat was it
in? These are open country birds, not woods, etc.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="x_gmail_attr">On Wed, Jul 16, 2025 at 1:26 PM Taunya Schultz via Tweeters <<a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu" target="_blank">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
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This was seen near Kent, WA. Anybody have an idea what it is?</div>
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