[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Warbler
I headed down to Jones to follow the Connecticut report and was quickly put on the bird. I watched it forage in the weedy growth along the fence line for about half an hour. I saw it well several times as it came into the open as it foraged. I snapped photographs, I watched it through binoculars, it was a grand old time. It is only now, looking at those pictures on my computer, without the bite of the cold wind and light rain, that I realize things were not as they seemed. This skulky little bird's thin eyering is actually incomplete, with breaks at the front and back. The throat is noticeably whitish, and thinking back its rapid movements were more hoppy than the typical gait of a Connecticut. I've attached a few of my photos to my eBird checklist, which show that this individual looks to have been a Mourning Warbler after all. Still a wonderful find and a lovely little bird! http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S32157511 Cheers! -Tim H -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Warbler
I headed down to Jones to follow the Connecticut report and was quickly put on the bird. I watched it forage in the weedy growth along the fence line for about half an hour. I saw it well several times as it came into the open as it foraged. I snapped photographs, I watched it through binoculars, it was a grand old time. It is only now, looking at those pictures on my computer, without the bite of the cold wind and light rain, that I realize things were not as they seemed. This skulky little bird's thin eyering is actually incomplete, with breaks at the front and back. The throat is noticeably whitish, and thinking back its rapid movements were more hoppy than the typical gait of a Connecticut. I've attached a few of my photos to my eBird checklist, which show that this individual looks to have been a Mourning Warbler after all. Still a wonderful find and a lovely little bird! http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S32157511 Cheers! -Tim H -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
