SmoothPebble Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Oriental, NC. June 8, 2021. This bird is about half the size of a Purple Martin. Sorry about the quality of the back-lit photo. Maybe the experts here can see ID marks that I'm missing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 9 minutes ago, Birding Boy said: Blue-gray Gnatcatcher? Agreed, looks like there's a problem with it's bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilpa Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, Aidan B said: looks like there's a problem with it's bill. Looks like that's just the bug it's eating. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothPebble Posted June 10, 2021 Author Share Posted June 10, 2021 Thanks to all repliers. The size is about right for Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. My first thought looking at the first picture was a long downturned bill. Zooming in, I think it is the bug. Other pics confirm the bug theory. I ruled out Blue-gray Gnatcatcher because of color; hence "no clue". I guess color is not reliable due to photo being back-lit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 48 minutes ago, SmoothPebble said: color is not reliable due to photo being back-lit. Definitely not. I will tell you though, most Gnatcatchers look much more gray than blue. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbvol50 Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 3 hours ago, neilpa said: Looks like that's just the bug it's eating. Yes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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