Here's one for you Resin..........or anyone?

Sugar Land, TX

Resin my friend, can you help me with this one. I like the photo so I want to try to ID this bird.

Thanks,
Chris

Thumbnail by cshirsch
Northumberland, United Kingdom(Zone 9a)

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Resin

Calgary, AB(Zone 3b)

Just wondering... how can one be certain it's a blue-gray when the undertail is not visible? I always have trouble with these, as they are very flitty and it's often hard to catch a view of the undertail.

Sugar Land, TX

Resin, you are the best!

Northumberland, United Kingdom(Zone 9a)

I did wonder about Black-tailed, but the photo shows a very broad white edge to the tail, which Blue-gray has but Black-tailed doesn't (only a narrow white edge). Also, Sugar Land is out of range for Black-tailed, which in TX only occurs along / close to the Rio Grande (perhaps a risky assumption, but I'm assuming the pic was taken 'at home' rather than on a trip away!).

Resin

Sugar Land, TX

Yes, the photo was taken withing about 25 miles of Sugar Land at Brazos Bend State Park.

Thanks!

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