OK. You've finally forced my hand. I've been avoiding this silly contest up
until now but here's my vote: European Starling for BOTH beauty and voice,
hands down. Look at the individual bird to see the beauty of it's coloring
both breeding and non-breeding. As for voice, it can imitate all the others!

Patti Haynes
Moretown Village

On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Heather Forcier <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> How to narrow it down to just ONE bird, not an easy task!
>
> For beauty, Bohemian Waxwing is definitely up there at the top of the list.
>
> For sound, it would be hard to choose between Common Loon and Long-tailed
> Duck.  :)  Both sound amazing!!
>
> Heather
> www.heatherforcier.com
> Fairfax, VT
>