Dear Will,

Admittedly, not being a warbler expert, I just checked my Sibley's Guide
to Birds.  The bird that I identified yesterday was most definitely NOT
the COMMON YELLOWTHROAT (Genus Geothlypis).  Upon taking another look (in
Sibley's) at the YELLOW-THROATED (Genus Dendroica), I am certain this is
the bird that I saw yesterday approximately 8 feet from my back steps in
very high grass/overgrowth under a bird feeder.

It was also doing the 'upside-down' thing "like a Nuthatch," as described
in Sibley's Field Guide.  What really caught my attention and made me look
it up was the presence of the black check and white stripe above the eye.

Laurie Miner
W Brattleboro

``> Do you mean Common Yellowthroat or the much rarer Yellow-throated
> Warbler?Will RaupAlbany, NYwww.pbase.com/cabbage_hollow> Date: Sun, 16 Sep
> 2007 23:09:55 -0400> From: [log in to unmask]> Subject: [VTBIRD] Day-long
> visitor & yardbirds> To: [log in to unmask]> > Today we had a COOPERS
> HAWK hanging around our yard on and off all day -> much to the chagrin of
> the 'regulars.' Got a good close-up look at it> when it 'flushed' from the
> big group of bushes outside our back door. I> was gardening and apparently
> got too close!> > We currently have many adults and juveniles emptying our
> feeders:> > House Finches (adults & juveniles)> Purple Finches (adults and
> juveniles)> Many Rose-breasted Grosbeaks (mostly juveniles)> House
> Sparrows (of course) - adult and juveniles> Many Gold Finches (finishing
> off the sunflowers) - mainly adults> Cardinals - adult males and juveniles
> (m & f)> Song Sparrow - adult> Turkey Vultures (2 circling overhead this
> afternoon)> Female Hummingbird (Sat, 9/15)> > Yesterday, we had a
> YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER and a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER -> unusual in our yard
> since the backyard is meadow-like w/out many trees,> and there is not much
> ground cover.> > Also, of note (sorry to be so VERY late) - the third week
> of August, I had> an ALBINO GRACKLE visit the yard briefly. The group
> 'spooked' before I> could grab my camera.> > I also got a good look at the
> resident WOODCHUCK in the meadow behind the> house...so did my dog who
> remarked rather loudly!> > Laurie Miner> W Brattleboro
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