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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jim M." data-source="post: 1234927" data-attributes="member: 60675">Hi Mark,I cannot find a photo of a Hooded Warbler that would look this drab, but I think your idea that the ventral area is "undeveloped" is interesting.  If we assume that some of the under tail coverts are absent, then, as you suggest, that would explain the appearance of an unusually long tail for a warbler.  And it would open the door to many possibilities -- including juvenile yellowthroat (because, obviously, under tail coverts that are not there cannot be yellow).Best,Jim</blockquote>