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Pine Warbler |
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Our friend John Jones: "Looks like a Pine Warbler to me. It's a beautiful male. Note the slight streaking on the breast. The vireo doesn't have that. Also, the bill is too long and sharp to be the yellow-throated vireo." |
According to Peterson, "no other bright yellow-breasted warbler, lacking other conspicuous marks, has white wing-bars." (The similarly colored vireo lacks this bird's two dingy breast streaks and has a thicker bill. Most other warblers have a streaked back.) |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | |
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| Non-breeding males, females and immature birds may have dingy colors -- | BUT all have the yellow rump and yellow side patches year-round. |
| Wilson's Warbler | |
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Almost always found near water, this tiny bird seldom ventures more than 10 ft. off the ground. It often flicks its wings like a kinglet, and is a very active, cart-wheeling fly-catching warbler. |
This is a male (black cap, rarely seen on a female, with contrasting yellow forehead). Note the yellow eyebrow, yellow under-parts, olive green upper-parts, no wing bars or tail spots. |
| Common Yellowthroat Warbler | |
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| Possibly the most common of all North American warblers, this bird likes marshes, grassy fields, and likes the lower trees, near the ground. | The mask identifies this tiny fellow as a male. He's olive green above; yellow below. Note the yellow breast and lack of wingbars. |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | |
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| Most warblers migrate into South America, the orange-crowned warbler stays in the southern states, southern Texas, and Mexico. (We found this little fellow near the Rio Grande.) |
Olive-green above, paler yellowish-green below, and the plainest of all our warblers, the orange-crowned warbler lacks the wing-bars and facial patterns. Even the orange crown is hidden by greenish feather tips. |