Today's mystery bird for you to identify | @GrrlScientist

This North American mystery bird has a "twin" that resembles it very closely even though these two taxa are not closely relatedMystery Bird photographed in a backyard in Houston, Texas (North America). [I will identify this bird in 49 or so hours] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 6 April 2012 (with permission, for GrrlScientist/Guardian use only) [velociraptorise]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/320s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400 Question: This North American mystery bird is a difficult ID to make, especially from this particular image. This is because this species has a "twin" that resembles it very closely even though these two taxa are not closely related. Can you identify this bird and its "twin" and explain why they resemble each other so much? The Game:1. This is intended to be a learning experience where together we learn a few things about birds and about the...

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