[Maine-birds] Re: Can You ID this bird Description?

Thanks for all of the suggestions. My aunt is an experienced back yard birder and would have recognized a Towhee, or Rose Breasted Grosbeak without its red patch, so this one is unsolved. Maybe just a very large Junco.

On Sunday, March 17, 2013 12:36:47 PM UTC-4, Donna Cundy wrote:

My aunt sent this bird description. She's in Fairfax Virginia. Any ideas?

"Black back, white front, the white goes all the way around the tail area like a tiny white stripe, tail is fairly long

Larger than a Junco (which I thought it was because of the coloring), but smaller than a robin, more like a finch size

Has a seed eater bill, not a bug eater, and the bill is white against the black head

As for the white underside, the black goes  down mid-chest and then the white starts"

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