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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CAU" data-source="post: 1147339" data-attributes="member: 55324">I agree with Arctic. In the second picture the lack of a crown stripe can clearly be seen (IMO). Also the dark blotch at the tip of the lower mandible looks wrong for Eastern Crowned, as they usually have an all orange lower mandible (at on all the photos that I've seen). Moreover, there's yellowish cast all over the underparts (especially near the carpal), while an Eastern Crowned Warbler should (?) have a yellowish tinge only on the vent (or as Andrea pointed out, not even there), with the rest of the underparts being pure white or greyish white. Based on a quick search on the net the pale legs also fit Arctic better than EC.Edit: Regarding the pp, the bird is of course clearly moulting the primaries, but the length of the longest looks ok for Arctic.</blockquote>