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Adult Myrtle Warbler (1 Viewer)

KC Foggin

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This is a spring male "Myrtle Warbler" form of the Yellow-rumped Warbler. The only one I found in the Gallery was that of an immature.

This is the eastern form, which has a white throat wrapping up behind well-defined dark cheek patch.
 

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The way I've always heard it for butterbutts(yellowrumpt warblers) is myrtyl in the east and Audubon's west of the Mississippi
Sam
 
Beautiful shot KC! And yes the Missippi is a good "rough" guide till you come to Mexico. Then they both are found throughout most of the country in winter. And while the Audubon's range supposedly doesn't include Campeche, I had several here one year.
 
In South Dakota we get Myrtle almost exclusively in the eastern part of the state, and Audubons are common in the Black Hills. The same applies to Indigo/Lazuli Buntings, Baltimore/Bullocks Orioles, Eastern/Mountain Bluebirds.
Its kinda fun to try to find them in the "wrong" half of the state!
Paul
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