Mystery Bird: Gray Jay, Perisoreus canadensis

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[Mystery bird] Gray Jay, Perisoreus canadensis, photographed in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]

Image: Terry Sohl, 9 August 2007 [larger view].

Photo taken with a Canon 20D, 400 5.6L.

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gray jay
light gray under
black cap on back of head barely visible
Camp robbers love the national parks. They are quite bold in Denali.

I have a sudden urge to take a sandwich out of my backpack.

By Jerry Friedman (not verified) on 19 Apr 2009 #permalink

When/where do you post the IDs? I tweeted you about this, but forgot to post here, so here goes - I call it:

Snow bunting: pale underside, including under tail, black in wing, that bunting beak, which being all black, suggests a male.

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