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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Polioptila caerulea

Photo by Tom15
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Field Notes

Notes:

This little bird was very agitated to have me around. It even looks like it's frowning with the black lines above the eyes:-)
I saw this bird in the woods at Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park.

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Comments (9)
Tom15
Jamie, they started to show up here in Massachusetts in the last few days. Maybe I'll see this one up here when I go out birding:-)
jamiewgoodspeed
ha you got him in his breeding plumage! a few weeks ago there were tons of them now there all leaving I'm gone miss them.
Tom15
Thanks venusflytrap. Timing was just right this time:-)
Caleb Steindel
i agree tom, this is an awesome expression, great capture, congrats and thanks for sharing!
Tom15
Thanks Rieko. I like his expression:-)
Tom15
Fyn, they are great little birds and I would agree about the unibrow:-)
Fyn Kynd
Love this species! Some say it has a unibrow ;-)

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