Is it possible that they could have been Evening Grosbeaks on their way to
the south?

----->kathie webber kwebber at sno.wednet.edu


On Thu, 12 Sep 1996, Jack Castro wrote:

> On Sep 12, 10:03am, John Shelton - ext. 4051 wrote:
> > Subject: yellowish flycatchers
> >
> > >>If think it's also worth considering the possiblility (especially if these
> > >>birds are appearing in "groups") that they are...maybe... Yellow Warblers.
> > >
> > >And while we're at it, how about Yellow-rumped Warblers?
> > >
> > I can't attest to what Mr. Castro saw; but I saw Yellow Warbers, Wilson's
> > Warblers and Black Throated Grey Warblers as well as the Empids in groups
> > with yellowish underparts; however I didn't see any Yellow Rumps.
>
> I'm certain they were not yellow-rumped warblers, but I am not familiar with
> the other warblers listed above. In any case, the most distinctive features
> were the two wing bars and the yellowish underparts. I saw about 5 birds in
> the group. They were not next to eachother. Instead, each bird was maybe 15-50
> feet apart in different trees. After about 5 minutes, they had moved out of
> range.
>
> Jack
>
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