Bird ID
Sep 13, 2021 14:53:08 #
The attached bird is probably a type of warbler or vireo and has recently migrated to S. Florida 50 miles north of Miami. It looks like he would be easy to identify but after going through two fairly complete bird guides, I am still at loss. Could any fellow birders help?
Sep 13, 2021 14:56:40 #
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Sep 13, 2021 17:05:52 #
Joe71
Loc: Winter Garden, Central Florida
Check out the first fall Alder Flycatcher in your bird books. It has the white eye ring and more importantly, the yellow wing bars. That's a real nice picture you have there. It doesn't winter in Florida, but it could be passing through, or knocked off it's usual migration route due to the storms we've had recently.
Sep 13, 2021 17:37:45 #
wdross
Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado
Bill MN wrote:
Looks like a yellow rumped warbler but I could be wrong.
The only fall warbler that I can find that has the bill, yellow wing bars, white underside, and no mask through the eyes is an immature female Chestnut-sided warbler. If they have expanded their range slightly south from what I have in my old bird book, this is the only bird that matches your picture. If your bird list does not have a Cheastnut-sided warbler on it, congratulations because now it does.
Sep 13, 2021 18:15:14 #
wdross
Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado
Joe71 wrote:
Check out the first fall Alder Flycatcher in your bird books. It has the white eye ring and more importantly, the yellow wing bars. That's a real nice picture you have there. It doesn't winter in Florida, but it could be passing through, or knocked off it's usual migration route due to the storms we've had recently.
From what I can find, Adler, Willow, and Traill's flycatchers do not have that dark a yellow wingbar. Also, they tend to have gradual two toned chest to belly which this one does not appear to have. I went back to see if the area above the wings has any yellow and it appears there is a hint of it. Although it could be an immature of one of the three flycatchers, I still believe it to be an immature female Chestnut-sided warbler. Also the given ranges that I could find would also make it more likely a Chestnut-sided warbler.
Sep 13, 2021 20:48:22 #
Thanks Joe and Ross. I have learned much about these two species. As in many birds there are so many variables such as age, sex, breeding vs nonbreeding and molting. I am inclined to believe but not convinced this is the Chestnut-sided Warbler passing through en route to his winter home in the Caribbean or South America.
Thanks again but new ideas still welcome.
Bob
Thanks again but new ideas still welcome.
Bob
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