Pennsylvania Warblers... again. And a bonus flycatcher (1 Viewer)

[rylirk]

Hi all! I think I'm getting the hang of these warblers now, but I would still like to get my IDs checked! My guesses:

1. Black-Throated Green?
2, 3 & 4: Tennessee?
5: Northern Parula
6: Magnolia
7: Eastern Wood Pewee
8 & 9: Bay Breasted

 

[tom baxter]

1. Black-throated Green Warbler
2-4. Warbling Vireo
5. Northern Parula
6. Magnolia Warbler
7. Eastern Wood Pewee
8-9. Bay-breasted Warbler

 

[Jeff Hopkins]

Any chance 2-4 is a Philly Vireo? They're being seen in good numbers right now.

Agree with the rest.

 

[rylirk]

Any chance 2-4 is a Philly Vireo? They're being seen in good numbers right now.

Agree with the rest.

I believe both have been seen at Peace Valley recently, but certainly anecdotally it sounds like its been an especially good year for Philadelphia. Found a worse quality photo of the vireo that appears to show the black eye line extending to the bill, so my guess would be on Philly now?

 

[Butty]

a worse quality photo of the vireo that appears to show . . .

Quite. No chance.
This species-pair can be impossibly-difficult-enough to separate in high-quality photos, let alone with . . . Well, no offence, etc etc. I'd let it go.

 

[rylirk]

Bit hard to let it go One would be a lifer, the other a country tick. It was my understanding that the two could also be separated by bill length, which should surely be doable with this quality of photo?

 

[Butty]

Well, no - not really - with either the fuzzy photo (a lack of crispness 'eats away' at extremities of thin/sharp things, so you don't know where you are) or the crisp one (awkward angle, so assessment/comparison is difficult). And I think the bill-length difference is, in any case, subtle at best.

 

[A2GG]

1. Black-throated Green Warbler
2-4. Warbling Vireo
5. Northern Parula
6. Magnolia Warbler
7. Eastern Wood Pewee
8-9. Bay-breasted Warbler

The photos are in a different arrangement for me.
for example, pic 3 I see Bay-breasted and pic 4 the flycatcher.

 

[Butty]

Long-standing and very annoying/confusing BF bug - sadly. And no sign of it being fixed 👎🏼

 

[A2GG]

Long-standing and very annoying/confusing BF bug - sadly. And no sign of it being fixed 👎🏼

thanks for the info

 

[Jeff Hopkins]

It was my understanding that the two could also be separated by bill length, which should surely be doable with this quality of photo?

I've never of heard such a thing.

The best way I know of is facial pattern and amount of yellow on the underparts. But it's hard to know whether the color is accurate in the photos and I can't see the face well.

I'm afraid I can't help beyond that.

 

[rylirk]

Apologies to drag this thread back from the afterlife, but is there anything to eliminate Red-Eyed for the poor vireo photos? I have been discussing the record with the eBird reviewer who is happy to rule out Warbling (eye stripe too pronounced) but not rule on whether it is Red-Eyed nor Philadelphia. I just wondered what feature was drawing people away from Red-Eyed here?

 

[Butty]

The upper part of the head-markings isn't visible. The bird is unidentifiable.