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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jim M." data-source="post: 1235752" data-attributes="member: 60675">I have been in contact with the person who saw the bird and took the photographs, and he is not convinced it is a Yellowthroat.  In particular, he said it looked bigger -- more the size of a Prothonotary.  He agreed to let me pass on some of his comments, and here they are: Thanks, Jim. An interesting conversation. If the bird in question had wing bars, I completely missed them when I saw it! Something not mentioned in the exchange was the line through the eye on this bird. It's fairly subtle in the photographs, but was noticeable to me when I was viewing the bird. If the long tail can be explained by an as yet undeveloped ventral area, a possibility that I considered but was unable to find comment on, then a number of possibilities open up, as you mentioned... My impression at the time was that it was too big for a Yellowthroat, especially a juvenile. So I guess the question that arises is whether any larger warblers are possibilities.  The photo was taken in an area known for Swainson's Warbler, a bird with which I have no experience, but structurally it does not look right to me for that species.  I think the bill would be longer, more pointed, and more upturned on a juvenile Swainson's Warbler, and they have an even shorter tail than a Yellowthroat.  However, juvenile Swainson's Warbler does have buffy wing bars according to Dunn and Garrett.Jim</blockquote>