Monroe,

I am not a warbler expert, but I saw some in Florida this winter and it looks like a pine warbler to me. Check it out.

Harry

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From: Monroe Harden <> 

> Hi everyone, 
> 
> Monroe here with another bird identification question. I saw the yellow 
> bird in these grainy photos: 
> 
> http://monroe.20m.com/yellowbird.htm 
> 
> on the trail heading toward the Turkey Point hawk watch site in Cecil County 
> over Labor Day weekend. 
> 
> I think it's a Yellow Warbler, but the whiteness of the wing bars is 
> throwing me off. My reference guides show this warbler as having yellow 
> bars, not white as in the photos. But the underside is completely yellow, 
> all the way to the end of the tail. There is a hint of an eyering in the 
> photos, but it is not clear. 
> 
> I considered the possibility of it being a female goldfinch, but the 
> goldfinch has white on the rump and bottom of the tail. I also considered 
> that it could be a yellow throated vireo, but again, there is no white on 
> the underside. 
> 
> Can anyone help me figure out what this bird is? I included the blurry 
> photos along with the slightly better ones to show the different angles of 
> the bird. 
> 
> Monroe Harden 
> Havre de Grace, MD 
>  
> 
> PS we had an odd looking bird in our backyard last night just before sunset. 
> It was sitting on the ground and as viewed from above, it had large areas of 
> black and brown. It appeared to have almost no neck/throat, and it was 
> about the size of a Mounring Dove. It flew off as I tried for a better 
> angle, and I did not see any white (or other colored) wing bars as it flew 
> away over the fence. I've never seen a Nighthawk on the ground or a Chuck 
> Wills Widow, so I can't say if it was one of those.