Hatch year Black-throated Blue Warblers
Patty Craig (pattycraig@mail.ameritel.net)
Tue, 13 Oct 1998 11:34:30 -0400
Hi,
I had read the discussion about young Black-throated Blue Warbler males
looking basically like adults before migration and felt like I had
observed exceptions to this. I did not comment because I wasn't
positive even though I had once taken a very poor photograph of one.
Yesterday I saw another: It had blue wings, rump, tail (I think), and a
large white check mark at the base of the primaries. This was very much
like the adult, but the blue was not as blue. The rest of the plumage
was female-like: The head, nape and back were brown and contrasted with
the adjacent blue, the supercilium was white; there was a white crescent
under the eye, a light area outlining the lower edge of the cheek and
pale underparts with a yellow cast especially across the breast and
along the sides.
Good Birding,
Patty Craig
pattycraig@mail.ameritel.net
Dameron, St. Mary's County, Maryland