Outdoor Ontario
Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: mark75 on September 01, 2008, 06:03:06 PM
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Are yellow-Throated vireos still a possibility at this time of year ?
At Second Marsh, I saw a bird perched in a low shrub along the Berm Trail. I was viewing it from the back, although it was turned on a slight angle. It looked, at first, like a goldfinch ( Black wings with obvious white on them).However the bill was thin compared to the Goldfinch. It's head and nape were green; Chest was bright yellow. Seemed to have two thin white wing bars. No view of the belly or vent and tail seemed to be dark ( kind of blended in with wings) . I did not see any spectacles but I wasn't looking for them either. The only other possibility I have thought of is a hooded warbler ( imm.) but the bird I saw wasn't hyperkinetic like most warblers :) ; Not enough white on the wings either.
Just want to know if I'm out to lunch or if there is another possibility that I am overlooking. Thanks
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While the vireo remains a possibility, now is the time for confusing fall warblers. So, have you ruled out pine warbler ( http://bp3.blogger.com/_LtG3aP9WlkI/R3G ... EL2741.jpg (http://bp3.blogger.com/_LtG3aP9WlkI/R3GtlKbQbwI/AAAAAAAAAWo/ST3KwXOianE/s1600-h/PineWarbler_EMELEG_MEL2741.jpg) ) or even magnolia warbler ( http://www.bio-diversity-nevis.org/imag ... arbler.jpg (http://www.bio-diversity-nevis.org/images/Nevis%20Birds/Magnolia%20Warbler.jpg) )?
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Thank you for the help. I followed up on the pine warbler and an online pic of the pine warbler from the back was an almost spot-on match to what I saw. The Pine warblers in Sibley's seemed to have greyish wings so I discounted them. Good call on your part. Thanks again.
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Pretty much the same thing I saw with less tail showing
http://www.dpughphoto.com/images/pine%2 ... 031205.JPG (http://www.dpughphoto.com/images/pine%20warbler%201%20durham%2031205.JPG)