So, Zip says he's seen a "lavender" bird locally. For whatever reason, it's been bugging me, so here are my submissions as to the possible ID of these birds:
Purple Martin http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/230/_/ ... artin.aspx
Western Bluebird http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/150/_/ ... ebird.aspx
Blue Grosbeak http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/207/_/ ... sbeak.aspx
Mountain Bluebird http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/581/_/ ... ebird.aspx
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/351/_/ ... tcher.aspx
Zip take a look. If it ain't one of these, I'm buying you a new set of glasses.