Never underestimate the power of the Internet! As of this morning, there had been over 400 views of this photo.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gailw/2515556372/in/photostream/ The suggestions made have been: Eastern Wood Pewee Least Flycatcher Willow Flycatcher Female Cerulean Warbler Female Blackpoll Olive-sided Flycatcher Female Yellowrump Female Redstart Ruby-crowned Kinglet Great Crested Flycatcher Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Orange-crowned Warbler (my initial thought) At this point, I believe the bird is a ruby-crowned kinglet. Although the "posture" of the bird is not typical, the colors are correct as is the bill and the plain tail. I think the most significant factor, though, is the black legs and light feet. This is shown clearly in Sibley Guide to Birds. The eastern wood pewee and willow flycatcher (by far the most popular choices) have dark legs and feet plus the light lower mandible that is not seen on the photo. Additional comments are always welcome! Thank you to all who took the time to look and express an opinion. Gail Gail Wieberdink wieber64 at comcast.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080524/e8f544d8/attachment-0001.html
