Thank you everyone, 'Myrtle' Warbler it is!  What an attractive little bird it was.  
  And Thank You Chris for your very charitable explanation :)  
   
  It's right there in the field guide, Petersons, page 264, it even has arrows pointing to the 'pompoms' . Don't know how I missed that one page...
  Sheepishly,
  Cat Reid
  Rose Haven

Chris Starling <> wrote:
  Your mystery bird is more then likely a Yellow-Rumped Warbler (myrtle 
variety). This time of year first spring birds can be in heavy molt, which 
may explain the reason for not IDing him right of the bat...

-Chris Starling


>From: Cathryn Reid 
>Reply-To: Cathryn Reid 
>To: 
>Subject: [MDOSPREY] Jug Bay Mystery Bird
>Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:29:39 -0700
>
>I give up, I am stumped. Last weekend I went to Jug Bay for the first time 
>and have a lovely albeit freezing time. I cam across a couple of birds 
>that I could not identify - everyone was fluffed up agaisnt the cold and 
>not singing so I was a bit flummoxed about the new birds I saw, anyway the 
>one that is making me crazy was a small warblery type bird that at first 
>glance I thought it was a black and white warbler but when he turned around 
>full face in my binoculars he had a fluffy yellow spot on either side of 
>his breast and one on his head (crown), all fluffed against the bitter cold 
>wind he looked as though he had 3 little yellow pompoms stuck on him; he 
>was rather small - larger than a chickadee but not as big or perhaps the 
>same lenght but not as robust as a titmouse and his feet were more towards 
>the middle of his tum, he was clearly streaked black and white, chin quite 
>light and a trim little pointy insect-eating black beak, not short, not 
>overly long. He was
> snoofling around fairly low on branches. black feet and eyes as well; l 
>did not hear him make any sounds unfortunately, if he did, it was carried 
>away by the wind, which was pretty brutal. I was thinking he must be 
>someone molting into his spring get-up and so was not quite finished 
>getting dressed, so to speak and that wasmaking him harder to ID given that 
>he was fluffed up as well. Can anyone give me a clue what the little guy 
>might have been? Must go back there, the place is gorgeous and only about 
>15 minutes away. Thanks.
> Cat Reid
> Rose Haven
>
>
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