A person in our Audubon chapter has sent the following e-mail to us and we're stumped on the ID. Maybe someone out there can help: I received the following emails recently from Liz Murphy about an unusual bird at her feeder. I know it's not much to go on, but do you have any hypothesis as to what it might be? May 24: Do you know where I could find information about an usual bird at my feeder? Can't locate it in Peterson's guide. Black, size of a small crow or medium woodpecker, with a wide white band on the tail...and when it bows its head, you can see white around it's neck...but it's not like a white band - only truly visible when it bowed it's head to the feeder. June 12: Have seen it once more - with witnesses (so you don't think I'm crazy). "regular" bill - not like a Grosbeak. Totally black except for the odd white THIN collar that only shows when he bends his neck and the thick white stripe down the tail - takes up at least 1/2 the tail, down the middle. About the size of a grackel. This is in the Akron area. Thanks for any comments. Clyde ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]