On 1/21/14, found a gnatcatcher in Andreas Canyon (one of the Indian Canyons in Palm Springs), but awaited a good look at the photo to make sure it was a Black-tailed Gnatcatcher. Field marks separating it from our eastern Blue-gray and other western gnatcatchers include the small black streak over the eye (indicating a nonbreeding adult male) and the undertail pattern (see Sibley, p. 396-98). In our yard today was a singing Abert's Towhee.
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| Abert's Towhee, 1/22/14 Palm Springs yard |
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| Abert's Towhee, 1/22/14 Palm Springs yard |
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| Black-tailed Gnatcatcher, 1/21/14 Andreas Canyon, Palm Springs |
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