Both Bob Ringler and Matt Hafner agree that the YTWA visiting our suet feeder since January 7 is likely the "albilora" race, possibly a first state record for that subscpecies.
Fran has pictures she took in January at:
http://home.att.net/~fcsaunders/ytwarb/
and I have some of the photos I took a few days ago, selected to address the issue of whether the bird had white feathering on the "chin", or base of the lower mandible. These are at:
http://home.att.net/~fcsaunders/ytwarbII/
To pin down the location, the bird has been visiting our suet feed in Bay Vista Estates, situated on a saltwater marsh and tidal gut emptying into Sinepuxent Bay, just south of the northernmost end of Assateague Island, on the mainland, in Worcester County.
Enjoy!
Norm Saunders
Colesville & West Ocean City, MD
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