Unknown, Humber Bay

[What was that?]

Any ideas?
First thoght it was a ruby crowned kinglet, but the book picture just doesn't seem the same.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39167841@N06/4020589882/

Thanks
Graham

[Mark D]

I think it might be a orange crowned warbler, but I'm not sure.

Mark

[Brian Bailey]

I'll second the Orange-crowned Warbler.

Nice find and nice photo!

BB

[What was that?]

In that case, that is a first for my wife and I.

Thank you Mark and Brian very much for the help.
Graham

[GStuart]

I'm just wondering what field marks you look for so you can distinguish it from a Nashville Warbler?

[Brian Bailey]

They are generally quite undistinctive and easily passed off as a Nashville, Tennessee, or female Yellow.

They always have an eyeline:  sometimes barely noticeable like this one, other individuals have quite distinct ones.
They have a broken eye ring versus the full eye ring of a Nashville.
There is often some green on the head.  I don't think you'll see that in any Nashville plumage.

Fall warblers are tricky, and Orange-crowned are one of the trickiest.

There's a nice photo on the OFO's October page: http://www.ofo.ca/photoalbums/current/O ... leraw.html

BB

[GStuart]

I guess that would account for why I think Nashville is such a common fall warbler and why I never see Orange-crowneds.  

Thank you.

[Brian Bailey]

I guess that would account for why I think Nashville is such a common fall warbler and why I never see Orange-crowneds.  

Thank you.

Well, only in part.  Nashvilles are a lot more common.  Orange-crowned are tough to find in Toronto in any season.

BB