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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: BetCrooks on May 12, 2015, 05:33:13 PM

Title: Possible Female First Winter Cape May
Post by: BetCrooks on May 12, 2015, 05:33:13 PM

i fully expect to be corrected and told this possible warbler is something else again such as a ruby crowned. I really have no idea about these "little green jobs."
From my book, it looks a bit like a first winter female Cape May. (Maybe I need a new book!)

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Title: Re: Possible Female First Winter Cape May
Post by: Paul O'Toole on May 12, 2015, 06:03:25 PM

Not sure of the exact warbler species but the beak is too large and long for a Kinglet.

Title: Re: Possible Female First Winter Cape May
Post by: Canoncan on May 12, 2015, 06:55:07 PM

Looks like a female Cape May

Title: Re: Possible Female First Winter Cape May
Post by: Brian Bailey on May 12, 2015, 07:10:58 PM

Cape May and Blackpoll females can be fiendishly difficult to distinguish in the field, but this bird has black feet, confirming Cape May


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Title: Re: Possible Female First Winter Cape May
Post by: BetCrooks on May 12, 2015, 08:32:22 PM

Thanks all! I'll keep the "feet" tip in mind in the future. There was a male Cape May at Lakeside Park today: he's much easier to id!