Humber River Trail September 21

[Ally]

The sun is beautiful today, so I went out in the morning

[Ally]

I prefer solitary to others, I could get much closer

[Ally]

A bunch of Canada geese had a group bath, the blue heron was not impressed at all, he flew away yelling something in Heronese.

[Ally]

Is this your Nashville? I don't want to steal your bird, Shortsighted. I wonder where the chickadee got the sunflower seed in the woods.

[Shortsighted]

Yes Ally, you have found a Nashville warbler. There must be quite a few in the city
for one to hang around my yard for two days and for you to have located one so quickly.
Now that you have photographed a juv. Nashville you will very likely be able to ID one
in the field with certainty. The white eye-ring is bold, no wing bars (like a Canada), yellow
throat, breast and belly, olive and gray on the wings and back. Now, find me a juv N. Parula.
Better yet, a juv Blackpoll. You may not know where you are much of the time but trust me,
you in da zone. If anyone can find something it will be you.

[takkatakka]

Your first photo of a warbler looks like an Orange-crowned. The bird has an incomplete eye ring looking more like eye-arcs, a longer tail, duller flanks and less contrast between the head and back. Nashville should show a complete eye ring, a shorter tail, brighter yellow flanks, and contrast between a grey head and a more greenish back and wings as shown by your last two photos of a warbler.

[Ally]

Your first photo of a warbler looks like an Orange-crowned. The bird has an incomplete eye ring looking more like eye-arcs, a longer tail, duller flanks and less contrast between the head and back. Nashville should show a complete eye ring, a shorter tail, brighter yellow flanks, and contrast between a grey head and a more greenish back and wings as shown by your last two photos of a warbler.

Thanks a lot, I knew it's not a Nashville, but I thought it was a ruby crowned kinglet. Thanks for pointing out the incomplete eye ring. Some how I always have the impression the orange-crowned are rarer, so It was not my initial guess.