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aviator

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Quite a variety these days!
Ovenbird

Yellow warbler, I think

Swainsons Thrush

Brown Thrasher

Swainsons Thrush?
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Pat Hodgson

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this warbler is a tough one but I think you are right with yellow, after considering orange-crowned, based on bill shape as much as anything else

your first thrush looks like a gray-cheeked, though, note the total lack of buffy on the face as the second one has
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The warbler is a Common Yellowthroat, I think. Immature females can be very plain.

Agree with Gray-cheeked on the first thrush.

/Thomas
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Quote from: "thouc"
The warbler is a Common Yellowthroat, I think. Immature females can be very plain.

Agree with Gray-cheeked on the first thrush.

/Thomas



Agree with Common Yellowthroat.......
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What a day for thrushes! After I posted this one arrived. A Wood thrush I think. Thank you all for your replies.
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you are right - common yellowthroat is a much better fit for the facial pattern on this bird
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I don't know if Yellow Warblers change their plumage over the summer but here is one in June 2015
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No they do not change over the summer, but what I was thinking was that this might be a first year female, in most warblers they are a lot duller than the typical plumage.
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