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