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warbler central new york july 6 (1 Viewer)
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ovenbird43
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With the bluish upperparts and necklace, I'd say a very young Northern Parula.
At 2nd glance, am inclined to agree.
chris butterworth
aka The Person Named Above
Pale yellow throat, necklace and upprpart colour = Northern Parula.
Chris
Chris
The Falcon
Registered Birder
Fugl, it's always best to stick with your first impression!
It's a young Common Yellowthroat, not a Parula.
Simon Wates
Well-known member
Just out of curiosity - would this be a local breeder or a very early migrant?
Fugl, it's always best to stick with your first impression!
It's a young Common Yellowthroat, not a Parula.
Not always but I agree it often is. But how about giving us chapter & verse on this one?
CurtMorgan
Well-known member
Hezekiah 6:6
The Falcon
Registered Birder
Well, shape/structure is better for C. Yellowthroat, bill is too thick (Parula should have a more deeper orange sharper-pointed bill), lack of white eye-arcs, among other things. I would expect overall a more blue-gray plumage if this was a N. Parula.
Obviously it was mean't as a joke, as there is no such book in the bible.
More apposite here might be 1 Corinthians 13:12. But I still don't see clearly why our bird's not a Northern Parula.
[There's no book of Hezekiah in the bible but E for effort anyway
]]EDIT: cross-posted with your last, Falcon.
Well, OK, I see things a little less darkly now. I still wonder, however, how well-developed the eye arcs would be on a very young Northern Parula? Dto for bill characteristics.
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I think the lack of wing bars is the clincher. They're present in Northern Parula, even in its juvenal/first basic plumage (although narrower and duller).
Otherwise, it just looks like a Common Yellowthroat to me. The long pink tarsi sold me. Bill shape. Colouring.
But who knows?
The Falcon
Registered Birder
More apposite here might be 1 Corinthians 13:12. But I still don't see clearly why our bird's not a Northern Parula.
[There's no book of Hezekiah in the bible but E for effort anyway
EDIT: cross-posted with your last, Falcon.
Well, OK, I see things a little less darkly now. I still wonder, however, how well-developed the eye arcs would be on a very young Northern Parula? Dto for bill characteristics.
Young birds do show eye arcs.
You couldn't convince me.
Larry Lade
Moderator
Microtus
Maryland USA (he/him)
That would be a pretty early southbound migrant.
It's a yellowthroat, as The Falcon says.
Well, no.
http://www.dec.ny.gov/cfmx/extapps/bba/bbaMaps.cfm?bndcode=MOWA&order=1&year=2000&comp=0
I do think it's a yellowthroat, but I haven't seen any reasons given why it's not a Mourning Warbler. I certainly think that merits more debate than the parula possibility!
