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My pictures aren't the best, sorry, but I have seen this bird for the past few days. I have never seen one of these before. It comes by in the mornings, sits on the plant stand and dives for bugs. It has a white throat, then has a pale green chest, all the way to the tip of the tail. It has a long slender beak. It is a soft brown on the back. It is slightly bigger than a finch, and much bigger than a sparrow. Thanks for any info you can give.
Edited to add picture, had a senior moment.

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http://mrhyker.tripod.com/flor...restedflycatcher.jpg

great crested flycatcher....??

Toots, thank you for a reply and the link to the picture. They do look similar.

Pattyo

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Great Crested Flycatcher is my guess also. That beak sure looks like a GC beak.

I agree and it looks a lot like the one I was trying to ID over on Natural Yard...FFG!
I think we have figured out my one bird too! But on mine the belly was definately yellow...so maybe juvies without all their color yet???

Thank you ladies! It is most definitely a great crested flycatcher. I Googled it and it told how to build bird houses for it, so next year I will have houses out and hope they come back. It is too late to start building the houses. It is a lovely bird. And they mostly live in hollow trees, and we have lots of wood pecker holes around here, but they will nest in a house if you let it swing from a piece of wire.

Pattyo