[obol] Possible early Yellow Warbler

[Tim Janzen]

Dear Al,

            Did he check to see if the bird had an orange crown while he had
the bird in hand?  I think that an inexperienced birder could misidentify an
Orange-crowned Warbler if he didn't consider that possibility.  The breast
streaks on an Orange-crowned Warbler can be quite pronounced.

Sincerely,

Tim Janzen

 

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From: obol-bounces at lists.oregonstate.edu
[mailto:obol-bounces at lists.oregonstate.edu] On Behalf Of Allen Prigge
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 8:32 PM
To: OBOL
Subject: [obol] Possible early Yellow Warbler

 

This morning a friend who I would describe as not a very experienced birder
told me a Yellow Warbler hit his window and was knocked out for a while. He
had the bird in hand and released it when it came to. He noted the red
stripes and checked a National Geographic, Birds of North America for
identification. This seems like a fairly easy ID problem even for an
inexperienced birder. I would think it to be a credible sighting.

 

Al Prigge

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