I just got word from a trusted source that the Mourning Warbler looks
more like a Common Yellowthroat. All I can tell you is that this
bird moved slow and methodical. It didn't have that nervous movement
and fast darting behavior that I observe in Common Yellowthroat, and
the amount of yellow / lack of olive on the flanks had me
exceptionally interested. This would have to be the brightest Common
Yellowthroat I have ever seen.
And I certainly understand that there are SUBSTANTIAL doubts with the
Red Crossbill from Saturday. The feet color is the issue, as is the
tail. Even still, I'm going to hold my opinion on that one for a bit
longer... ; )
Sorry everyone. Birding is hard sometimes, but I carry a camera and
take lots of photos to learn.
-Dan
On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 10:52 PM, Dan Haas <nervousbirds...> wrote:
> So on Saturday, there was that RED CROSSBILL at Sandy Point State
> Park. After a long discussion with Bill Schreitz, who was birding
> that morning with me, we both agree that the monotonous call notes
> being belted out were not of local origin and were, in our opinion, a
> Red Crossbill. Admittedly, we were unfortunately pulled away from
> that astounding bird by two Red-breasted Nuthatches. Oh to go back in
> time...
>
> The somewhat portly bird sat motionless in the thick of a pine, and as
> I mentioned in last night's email, I took two photos simply to show
> Bill (*in my camera's viewfinder) where to look... for the bird making
> that odd call note repeatedly in the pine.
>
> I tweaked one of the photos, making it slightly more cropped, a bit
> more exposed and a touch more saturated. The skies that morning were
> cloudy making the lighting rather poor. Here is the link to the
> enhanced photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nervousbird/7926483676/
>
> In it, I believe it shows a dumpy, drab, slightly-thick bird with
> substantial feet and if you really, really look closely... I think the
> lower mandible of the bird's sizable crossed bill is noticeable.
>
> Onward to other highlights:
>
> KINDER FARM PARK: Sunday, I went to look for Wendy Crowe's Philly
> Vireo. It took me three and a half hours, but I happily relocated it
> in the back corner of the park, close to the Kilmarnock community,
> where I believe there is an entrance (but little parking).
>
> YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER
> PHILADELPHIA VIREO (Wendy Crowe found this bird on Saturday, or it
> might have been Friday??)
> Ovenbird 4
> BLUE-WINGED WARBLER
> BAY-BREASTED WARBLER
> Yellow Warbler 2
> Chestnut-sided Warbler 3
> Prairie Warbler
> Black-throated Green Warbler
> CANADA WARBLER
> BLACKPOLL WARBLER
> Yellow-breasted Chat
> warbler sp. Likely a Western Palm. Drab, tail-pumper, but looks
> we're insufficient.
> Blue Grosbeak LOADS
> Baltimore Oriole
>
> WHITEHALL ROAD, near the Bay Bridge this afternoon:
> -a long Purple Martin, an odd looking Mockingbird with no neck
> feathers, seven Cattle Egret and an interesting empid that looks a bit
> like a Yellow-bellied. Here is the bird:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/nervousbird/7926375524/
>
> As I was returning home, I thought I'd stop and check out a little
> area in my neighborhood that always seems to hold good birds. This
> afternoon it offered up a MOURNING WARBLER.
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/nervousbird/7926339266/
> I found it very interesting that the bird stayed UP above my head the
> entire time, foraging around within the safety of a dense evergreen.
> And when it finally did fly, it flew UP into the depths of a Sycamore.
> (That tree, I should tell you, is a stump that has sprouted new
> growth, so it is really thick, dense foliage, on an out-of-proportion,
> oversized tree trunk.) In any case, I've always searched LOW for this
> skulking warbler, but from now on... I'll search both HIGH and LOW.
>
> Good Birding,
>
> Dan Haas
> St. Margaret's, MD
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