Melanie,

your bird is an Ovenbird. Notice the black lines bordering orangish on 
the crown. Thus your warbler people were on thye right track.

Best wishes,

Tony Futcher
Hyattsville, MD

Melanie Lynch wrote:
> A friend on Long Island found this little bird dead outside her 
> house.  Now come the fun part - several of us have looked at the 
> pictures and none of us feel comfortable calling it. Because of the 
> heavy streaking on it's breast I immediately gravitated towards a 
> thrush or an ovenbird.  Others have come up with any number of 
> warblers which it could be, too.
>
> Anyone want to give it a shot?
>
> <http://featherhead.shutterfly.com/626>http://featherhead.shutterfly.com/626 
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