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Immature Say's Phoebe?

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Posted by Barbara Graham on February 8, 2011 at 2:28 AM
Immature Say's Phoebe?
The best way for me to learn bird ID is to ID the ones I get images of. This one because it's so brown (unless I have the colors really off) has really thrown me as a newbie to bird ID, but I finally found a site that said immature Say's Phoebes are browner. Is that the right ID for this bird? Thank you!
Posted by Mia McPherson on February 8, 2011 at 7:11 AM
Barbara,

This is an Eastern Phoebe, common in FL in the winter. A Say's would have a paler gray back & head and a pale rufous belly and they are uncommon in FL any month of the year.
Posted by Barbara Graham on February 8, 2011 at 2:42 PM
Thank you so much, Mia. Now, with that name, I of course found lots of images that look like this bird. ;)