[MDOsprey] Dull streaky warbler
Totnesman@aol.com
Sun, 26 Sep 1999 20:24:31 EDT
What a gorgeous day!
While scanning my back yard trees in the Allenford community this morning, I
saw a dull brown, exceedingly nondescript warbler foraging on the trunk and
major branches of a birch tree. The breast and throat were distinctly
streaked with darker brown on a pale brown background. General coloration
like a fall female yellow-rumped warbler. There were no wing bars. There
was a hint of a dark eye streak or light eyebrow. The bird was the same size
as a redstart (one was nearby). It had 'warbler' bill. The bird was
methodically gleaning from the bark, staying put and not flitting about,
(part from the occasional foray to chase off another bird which came too
close). The light was good (07.30) and the distance ca. 20 feet.
The only bird I can find which comes close is an immature orange-crowned
warbler. I have never seen an oragne-crowned, and the Peterson and Nat. Geo.
(old version) guides show the streaking as less distinct and general
coloration more yellowish, and am therefore reluctant to call it an OCW. I
would appreciate any comments or suggestions.
Other birds present included, in no special order:
magnolia warbler
Am. redstart
both kinglets
black-throated blue warbler
white-breasted nuthatch
sapsuckers (2)
yellow-billed cuckoo
sharp-shinned hawk (dashing overhead - second consecutive morning one
has done this)
lots of blue jays
C. chickadees
tufted titmice
Canada geese (60+/-) flying south
Thanks in advance.
Robin Todd
totnesman@aol.com
Ellicott City, MD