Bird Identification: CLOSED: Two new visitors - id confirmation/help please, 1 by angele

angele wrote:
Thanks Burd_Fotos

I thought about the gnatcatchers because they are fairly common around here and this bird certainly made me think of them. Let me share a couple of observations I was able to make from seeing it in person though
1: this bird sat still for quite awhile and I am used to seeing the gnatcatchers flit from branch to branch
2: size (of course this can't be judged from a photo) this bird appeared slightly longer than a House Finch. I just went out and measured the length this bird appears to be in this photo - if I'm not wrong I would say very close to 6 inches. Long for a gray vireo and really too long for a gnatcatcher