on 8/26/06 3:43 PM, Bob Ringler at  wrote:

>  Today I was butterflying with Debbie Terry at the Glendenning Preserve in
> Anne Arundel County. We were surprised to see a molting adult male Myrtle
> Warbler there. The bird was scruffy-looking and had a rather short tail. I was
> prepared to call it almost anything until I saw the yellow crown spot and the
> yellow at the side of the breast. It also had the darker gray plumage of the
> male with no brown tones. This is the first time I have seen a Myrtle Warbler
> in August.

I checked the Braddock Bay Bird Observatory (located near Rochester, NY)
migration timing research for Yellow-rumped Warbler. The earliest date shown
(midpoint of 3-day period) for this species for the 1999-2001 study period
was Aug 29, and then there was nothing again until Sep 10.

You can see the chart here:

<http://www.bbbo.org/research/timing/MYWA.pdf>

Elliot

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Elliot Kirschbaum
Shepherdstown, WV
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