Hi Tom:

Make sure it isn't a Eyebrowed Thrush (from Asia). <Only half-kidding!> We 
get them in Attu and Gambell, AK. One year in Gambell we had an American 
Robin (which is actually more rare than an Eyebrowed Thrush) and it had an 
eyebrow ... it caused us a bit of consternation! A study of all the Asian 
field guides and Internet resources shows that little is known or 
well-documented about first-year and female Eyebrowed Thrushes.

 From the other perspective, an "Eyebrowed" Robin caused quite a ruckus in 
California a few years ago. A link to some discussion and an images can be 
found here ...

         http://www.virtualbirder.com/bmail/idfrontiers/200106/w3/#1

More than you (n)ever wanted to know ...

Phil


At 13:42 04/24/2005, Tom  Beal wrote:
>A robin with dull female type plumage is hopping around in the backyard.
>Instead of the broken eye ring, has a distinct white eye line from well 
>before
>the eye almost to the back of the head, both sides.  Just an odd  bird?


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