Date: 8/8/26 8:08 am From: Andrew Whitacre <akwhitacre...> Subject: Re: [Arlington Birds] Fwd: Unknown bird
We'll see if others agree, but it appears to be a zeebra finch, in which
case, yes, an escaped pet.
Andrew
On Sat, Aug 8, 2026 at 11:03 AM Janine Hart-Hueber <harthueber...>
wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I know the picture isn't great but does anyone have an idea of what this
> bird is?
> My husband and I saw it this morning on Milton Street about 7:30ish, and
> he saw it again a little later at a nearby house on Milton St,
> It is quite small (we both initially thought it was a fledgling), has an
> orange beak, a red line through the eye-similar to wrens,
> and it was wren-like, and tawny colored in general. I couldn't find
> anything to fit it on Merlin.
>
> I was wondering if it's maybe a lost pet (finch-like beak- and it was
> eating grass seeds)
> or something that got blown off track from another part of the country?
> Any guesses??
>
> Janine
> East Arlington
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> From: Janine Hart-Hueber <jharthueber.arlgs...>
> Date: Sat, Aug 8, 2026 at 10:54 AM
> Subject: Unknown bird
> To: harthueber <harthueber...>
>
>
> Unknown bird
>
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