Bird Identification: CLOSED: SW Montana mystery, teeny pics., 1 by snakeadelic

snakeadelic wrote:
I photographed this bird only once, in company with common starlings and Brewer's blackbirds, all ages & both genders in both cases. Photos were taken 9-15-09 in Hamilton, MT. As the included image shows, it appears to be smaller than the starling. It had a distinctly yellow eyebrow streak and throat and was shades of flat brown everywhere else. I'm a little hard up for current bird ID guides on paper, but it doesn't match anything I can find in what I do have. I actually didn't notice it at all until I was editing the several hundred shots I took that day of activity in the freshly-planted lawn across the street. I'll try to post a second image if I can find one that's even halfway distinct...