While I was at Forebay Pond today, I got an extremely brief glimpse of a 
bird that flew in and landed behind a heavy thicket. I was busy enjoying 
the Blue-winged Teals (mentioned in my previous post), so I didn't 
notice this bird until it was almost too late. All I have are some 
impressions -- does anyone have even a suggestion of what this might 
have been?

The bird had a very prominent eye-ring -- I think it was white, but I'm 
not sure, but it was very noticeable. The scapular seemed iridenscent in 
the sun. Other than that I just had an impression of light gray, but I 
don't know what part of the bird was gray. There were no strong colors 
or any other field marks that jumped out at me except the eye ring and 
the differently-colored scapulars. I only saw it for a fraction of a 
second. I think it might have been about the size of a robin, give or 
take some -- I'm pretty sure it wasn't as small as a warbler, but I'm 
not positive.

I know I'm unlikely to ever know what this bird was, but I thought it 
was worth giving it a shot to see if anyone has any suggestions.

Sherry