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Warbling Vireo ? (1 Viewer)

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49bentley

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Can someone please identify these 2 birds? I believe they may be Warbling Vireo. Taken in Point Pelee in April.
Thanks
Chris
 

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The first photo is of a Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher. You can see the long tail projecting to the left behind some leaves.

The second photo is of a Golden-crowned Kinglet. It has yellow feet and darker legs. Warbling Vireo should have more uniformly colored and medium/dark gray legs and feet, a thicker bill, and a different face pattern.
 
Possibly Tennessee Warbler for the first bird.
The Gnatcatcher has a very pronounced eye ring, not a dark eye line, as Bird Nuts has pointed out.
 
No, it's not a warbler. Shape and color are good for a gnatcatcher, but it looks more like a White-lored Gnatcatcher. Are you sure that photo was taken in Canada?
 
The Bird Nuts said:
No, it's not a warbler. Shape and color are good for a gnatcatcher, but it looks more like a White-lored Gnatcatcher. Are you sure that photo was taken in Canada?
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Why not a warbler? Given the location, I'm hard pressed to come up with alternatives.
I've no confidence in the identification of the dark area as part of the birds tail and the shape is from a quarter view, which is confusing.
 
As I said, shape and color makes it not a warbler. It's not a vireo either as is lacks a hooked bill and blue feet.

Chris, do you happen to have any more photos of this bird?
 
The Bird Nuts said:
As I said, shape and color makes it not a warbler. It's not a vireo either as is lacks a hooked bill and blue feet.

Chris, do you happen to have any more photos of this bird?
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What shape and color issues do you have in mind? What we can see clearly is the front of the bird.
That sure looks like a spring male Tennessee Warbler to me. The fine and pointy bill, the gray head with a white breast, the short supercilium, the dark eye stripe and the eye arc all point that way.
 
You're absolutely right we left Costa Rica on March 30. I must have had a couple of pics still on the card. Then that makes this a female White-lored Gnatcatcher. Thanks The Bird Nuts.
 
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