Thin and long tailed, with outer tail feathers ... California gnatcatcher. These species have different calls; California is also darker below. The best feature is the tail pattern. Blue-gray ...

“Well, a couple of families came into the nature center that we have out here at Hart Park, and they just said they saw a guy grab it by the tail feathers ... Although the birds are wild ...

Making a list of birds with a long tail ... and a midnight blue or black crest and bib and cheek patches. The bill and legs are the same color, and the tips of the tail feathers are white.

Long wings; relatively short tail; straight, sharply pointed largely blue-gray bill with a blackish ... white wing patch on coverts; flight feathers also widely fringed white.