Thin and long tailed, with outer tail feathers almost entirely white (tail from below looks white). The bill is thin and pale gray. Breeding male: blue-gray above, including most of head and back.

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.

“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 ...