[Ontbirds]Oshawa Solitaire??

[Monica Connolly]

Got a poor look at an unusual bird near my feeder this afternoon.
The bird was half-facing me with its tail concealed. It was definitely 
larger than the chickadees and seemed about the size of a cardinal. It was 
generally brown-gray, vaguely like a female House Sparrow: there was no 
clear visible striping on the crown, which seemed more gray than brown. The 
legs and bill were black. The bill was quite slender, definitely not 
finch-like. The throat and breast were clear, with no dividing line - the 
colour here was very light brown or buffy. There appeared to be at least a 
partial eye-ring, or perhaps a small eyeline at the top of the eye. I didn't 
notice the eye colour, so it was probably dark.  There seemed to be lightish 
wing bars and there was definitely a light patch on the wing edge (rather 
like a Black-throated Blue Warbler).
A few minutes later it had moved, but it was probably the same bird I saw 
then flitting through the bushes, approximately cardinal-sized with a long 
tail with light edges.
Unfortunately I only saw it through two panes of old (distorting), dirty 
glass, and I'm not familiar with the bird, so I'm reluctant to call it 
absolutely. It did look like photos I googled.

300 Athol St. E., Oshawa
North from 401 on Ritson Rd. about 2 km to King Street (Hwy 2); east on King 
one very short block to Rowe St.; south on Rowe one block towards Athol. 
House is on NW corner of Athol and Rowe. Feeder is in back yard, visible 
from Rowe St.

Monica Connolly