Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 10:27:07 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Tom Dunne Subject: Confusing warblers!?! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Just got back from my Saturday morning hike at Black Hills Park. Times, they are a changin. New birds on the block! Highlights for today included: Blue Grosbeak Baltimore Oriole (male)(a little surprised to still see him around) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher(s) (either 1 covering a lot of territory, more likely 3 separate birds) Yellow-breasted Chat Cedar Waxwings Least Flycatcher Great-crested Flycatcher Goldfinches Galore (same as last week) Prairie Warbler Now comes the confusion. I'm no warbler guru, so I'm still not sure what I saw. Here goes: Mostly Yellow, smooth coloring, paler than bright (not Goldfinch yellow), no streaks, speckles, etc. Wing bars (gray, slate?) Black eye stripe, Black Eye Black beak High up in a Sycamore tree, flitting from branch to branch. No call. So, I'm thinking: Prothonotary - No, had definite wing bars (Pull out the field guide, thumb, thumb, thumb) Blue-winged Warbler - No, shouldn't be around here (at least according to the map) Female Orchard Oriole? Could be, but the yellow was brighter than the picture, and that eye stripe... Oh, crap, it flew off... Home to my wonderful CLO Guide to North American Birds (CD-Rom). Hmmm... Most likely Pine Warbler! What do any of you think of this analysis? thanks, tom. ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================