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Black Phoebe or Mountain Bluebird?

This wet bird resembles a Black Phoebe but close inspection reveals a Mountain Bluebird that is wet (maybe also melanistic??)
MOBL or BLPH 04182009 Boulder County CO NK 1.jpg MOBL or BLPH 04182009 Boulder County CO NK 2.jpg MOBL or BLPH 04182009 Boulder County CO NK 3.jpg MOBL or BLPH 04182009 Boulder County CO NK 4.jpg MOBL or BLPH 04182009 Boulder County CO NK 5.jpg
MOBL or BLPH 04182009 Boulder County CO NK 6.jpg MOBL or BLPH 04182009 Boulder County CO NK 7.jpg

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Dennis Garrison 19-Apr-2009 05:39
Curious bird. In the 5th photo (111470694) you can defnitely see blue in some of the feathers (assuming that is not an artifact of the camera), which I have definitely never seen in a black phoebe. I wonder what it looks like dry and in better light.
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