Okay, Dennis did send me another photo, full frontal so to speak. Didn't help me out though until Dennis reminded me that it was full on in the bright sun and a fair distance away. Just as I was going to check out the second photo Dennis sent, one of the birds landed on the end of the sign so quick zoom in and I snapped a bunch of images before he/she/it flew off again. What I can see on these images are much more encouraging - the bird has a full black cap, the same pale pink (rather than uniform salmon) wash across the white breast feathers, more speckles than bars on his belly and sides and a fairly large white breast. So, some comparisons with photos from previous years and trying to account for variations in posture - 9 out 10 times I catch them napping on the sign, so relaxed and tucked up, today, alert and very erect. I even compared the images to the bird I managed to get only one image of on the 26th. So while I still need to see the band to be totally sure, it sure does look like our rockstar is home. That and Princess was finally doing the "hey there sailor" thingy
Tomorrow morning, hopefully he will be in the mood to be photographed on an east-facing, sunny morning perch. And that Dennis has been able to go through the rest of his photos ...
