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Warbler Id please (1 Viewer)

nikovich

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This is one of the first Warblers to arrive in our Province of Saskatchewan , Canada this year .
Other than this little guy - all I've seen so far this Month have been 2 Yellow Rumped. More should arrive in about 2 weeks.

Is this a Wilson's or Orange Crowned ..?

thanks

Nick
 

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I'd be leaning towards Orange Crowned, but I'm ever so rusty on US Warblers - off to check up! I think there is enough of the coverts poking out around the leaves to rule out Tenessee!
 
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saw many Wilson's recently and it's not on of those

I'm not very good on these but Tennessee and well as Orange-crowned spring to mind but without looking in books (and i'm trying to write my Costa Rica stuff still!!!) i can't help much further
 
I think you'll need someone very hot on US Warblers - the under-tail coverts, wing tips and coverts are all obscured by unfortunately placed leaves, so its going to be down to subtle character features. Since I have seen either Tenessee or Orange-crowned its time to back down!

Which arrives first of the two species?
 
Hey Jan

those Tennessees you linked are all males!!!

do us a few females... i'm too lazy!!!

and you are the link meister :king:

Tim

is the throat a bit pale for OCW? Prob not! A species i need to see...
 
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Vermivora celata celata for my vote, joining the consensus.

It is a spring bird, that is a lot of yellow, it is subtly streaked on the underparts, and the eye area looks a lot more like a yellow eye ring than a strong eye eye line under a strong supercilium. Note the olive head and gray back, also the reverse of what you want to see on a TN, and enough to even have me speculating about the gender being female...?

Also Orange-crowned migration should lead the Tennessees by a week or two in Nick's part of the continent.
 
I havn't seen either OC or TEN since I was last in Manitoba, but OC is what immediately sprang to mind for me. And I tend to agree with Thayeri that this is a male. That's a lot of yellow, especially for a spring bird.

Scott
 
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