Thanks, several others suggested Palm Warbler ... after looking at some more photos, I'm convinced that's what it was.
Thanks everyone ... for the ID help and the suggestions about Spanish names. For others interested in an on-line resource for the Spanish names, Alberto Lopez mentioned the following site: http://www.seo.org/centro_doc.cfm?idCategoria=334 Happy birding, Ray On May 13, 2010, at 3:09 PM, Matthew Medler wrote: > Hi Ray, > > Your mystery bird sounds like a western Palm Warbler. Your plumage > description is good, and Palm Warblers are well-known for their tail wagging. > > Regarding your question about Spanish bird names, Kenn Kaufman put out a > Spanish-language version to his North American field guide a few years ago. > I don't know if it is readily available or not, but I'm sure you could find > out easily on Amazon.com or some other bookselling site. > > Best, > Matt Medler > Ithaca > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Ray Zimmerman <r...@cornell.edu> > To: "cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu" <cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu> > Sent: Thu, May 13, 2010 3:02:33 PM > Subject: [cayugabirds-l] id help > > About 1/2 an hour ago I saw a warbler-sized bird foraging on the ground under > the trees in front of the parking spaces facing the pond at Cornell > Plantations. It was a pretty uniform brown on top and streaked brown below > with a yellow throat and yellow underside near the tail. The top of the head > was more of a reddish brown. It had a thin bill and wagged it's tail up and > down as it foraged. Unfortunately, I didn't have a camera with me. > > Ideas? > > Ray > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
