[obol] possible juvie Yellow Warbler in central Eugene

[Ellen Cantor]

What I think was a juvenile YELLOW WARBLER spent the entire afternoon in my
yard, just west of downtown Eugene.  It chipped repeatedly and was busily
feeding.  I watched it gobble down a big spider and it kept working some
wild lettuce for insects along the stalks.  I kept wondering if it could
have been a juvenile Orange-crowned Warbler, but it seemed to fit the Yellow
Warbler better: a plain pale face (no eye stripe), with a small ring around
the eye (not broken), pretty stout beak with a little hook on the end,
lemony underside (including throat and no "blurry streaks" as Sibley
indicates for an Orange-crowned).  However, I didn't see the "whitish edges
on tertials" as Sibley describes.  Seemed late in the season to still be
seeing one, but I definitely enjoyed its company!
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