The eye-ring does not look complete to me in the pictures when viewed
at their highest resolution:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/85270080@N05/7813001222/sizes/k/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/85270080@N05/7813004926/sizes/k/in/photostream/
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Ron Payne
Middlebury, VT
On Sun, 19 Aug 2012 15:00:51 -0700, Carl Runge <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
That bold eyering looks complete to me. I would vote Connecticut
Warbler, which though rare in Vermont, is more likely than
MacGillivray's.
>
> Carl
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Scott Spangenberg <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 2:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] Possible MacGillivray's Warbler at Dead Creek
> The structure (first photo) looks good for Oporornis genus. The
> white throat (second photo) eliminates Mourning Warbler, and the
> split, bold eyering eliminates both Connecticut and Mourning
> Warblers. I think you've got yourself a state-first Macgillivray's
> Warbler.
>
> Scott Spangenberg
> Amherst, NH
>
> On Aug 19, 2012, at 1:05 PM, Allan Strong wrote:
>
> > Birders,
> > > Several current and former UVM students were birding yesterday at
> Dead Creek (Brilyea) and found a possible MacGillivray's Warbler. >
> > In the messages below are links to a couple nice photos and more
> information on where they saw the bird. If confirmed, it would be a
> state-first!
> > > Any thoughts on the photos would be welcome. MacGillivray's is
> not a species I've seen very often.
> > > Allan
> > > Sent from my iPad
> > > Begin forwarded message:
> > >> From: Justin LeClaire <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Date: August 19, 2012 10:27:00 AM EDT
> >> To: Allan Strong <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Subject: Re: Potential rare warbler...
> >> >> It not quite quite a quarter mile down the eastern trail at the
> brilyea access. The trail that starts at the little parking lot that
> is passed the dam. It was bouncing around on the underbrush right on
> the trails edge. >> >> My two main reasons for the potential macg's
> is the light throat that has some gray at the base and that
> incomplete eye ring. Im glad it's at least not a Nashville! Thanks
> for spreading the word.
> >> >> Justin
> >> >> On Aug 19, 2012, at 10:09 AM, Allan Strong <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >> >>> Hi Justin,
> >>> >>> Nice photos! The bird is either a Mourning or
> MacGillivray's warbler. The short tail points more toward Mourning,
> but the eye-ring pattern looks better for MacGillivray's. I'll send
> your email around for some more opinions. Where exactly did you see
> the bird?
> >>> >>> Allan
> >>> >>> Sent from my iPad
> >>> >>> On Aug 19, 2012, at 2:02 AM, Justin LeClaire
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >>> >>>> Hey Allan!
> >>>> >>>> Earlier today (Saturday the 18th), Tyler, Stephanie and I
> were birding at the Brilyea access when I came across a yellow
> warbler with a grayish head and yellowish body that Tyler quickly
> said was probably a Nashville warbler as soon as he and Stephanie saw
> the bird. Still being a cool find in my eyes, I took plenty of
> pictures and got a couple good ones of him. Going through my pictures
> tonight after work, I came to be almost certain that it is not a
> Nashville warbler, and though it seems very farfetched, from the
> research i've been doing for the last hour and a half it appears that
> it may actually be a MacGillivray's warbler (as you probably know, a
> western- US bird), and if so I think a female. I've put the two best
> pictures I have of the little gal on flickr and am pasting the link
> to them below this message. eBird doesn't even have any reported
> sightings of this warbler in Vermont in its history and though I am
> not very optimistic with that in
> mind- the pictures seem to be a near-perfect fit. >>>> >>>>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/85270080@N05/?hide_photostream_welcome=1
> >>>> >>>> >>>> Thank you!
> >>>> >>>> Justin
>
>
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