Folks:

I just read the various comments on this interesting subject, and I 
want to chime in that my recollection of this bird is exactly the 
same as Wallace Kornack's (below) in every respect.  I saw the bird 
on January 30, a few days, I think, before Wallace it.

Not only did it not perceptibly pump its tail, it was rather more 
sluggish than I expect a Nashville Warbler to be.  Much of the time I 
was near those holly trees, I had trouble working out where the bird 
was, so slowly was it moving around.

Mike Bowen
Bethesda


>Date:         Thu, 16 Feb 2006 14:17:36 -0500
>Sender:       Maryland Birds & Birding <>
>From:         Wallace Kornack <>
>Subject: [MDOSPREY] Fwd: [MDOSPREY] Note on Baltimore Nashville Warbler
>
>Here are my observations (below).
>>
>>It has been a few weeks since I viewed the Nashville but my
>>recollection is that it did not pump its tail excessively like a
>>palm warbler, the breast and neck had a dull yellow appearance,
>>there was no apparent contrast between the head and back, and muddy
>>white near the vent.  In my opinion it was a ruficapilla.
>>
>>Wallace R. Kornack
>
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