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What the FEATHER is this bird??

 
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This morning, this bird landed in the top of one of our taller old oak trees. I can't figure out what it is, and I've tried several apps, including Merlin & Audobon. About the size of a hawk or raven, but the break is wrong for a raptor and the color is more reds & browns, with black in the tail. It perched up there for about 10 minutes, before flying off. I'm within a few hundred miles of the center of the contiguous 48 states.
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Looks like a Magpie
 
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There is a reddish brown Magpie and the picture looks like he has some white, which would be normal, but the colors are washed out in the photo...
 
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Thank you, I'll check it out🙂

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Could it be an adult male robin?  Could you tell what color the beak was?  Maybe a thrush?

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I've never seen a robin that big. This guy was the size of a hawk.

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Funny you should mention "the center of the contiguous 48 states" I was just there the other day...
 
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Hi Carla;
I'm thinking William might have guessed it.     Rare  Brown Magpie
Here's a couple pictures.
What do you think?
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>> This guy was the size of a hawk.

Those oak leaves must be huge then!

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Gary Numan wrote:>> This guy was the size of a hawk.

Those oak leaves must be huge then!



The leaves are a bit closer to the camera - so the perspective may be a little off - but, my estimation of the size may be a bit skewed, too - but the size of the bird, in flight, was what caught my attention.  At this point - especially since I haven't seen it, since - I'm just confused, and it doesn't seem worth pursuing. I think whatever it was, it was just passing through.

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