Subject: Re: Eye ring on Orange-Crowned Warbler?
Date: May 6 10:44:41 1997
From: Mike Patterson - mpatters at orednet.org




What you may have seen was a female Yellow Warbler. These can appear
very drab yellowish green and would have an eye-ring.

>
>I spotted what I'm sure was an Orange-crowned warbler in my back yard
>yesterday, very drab yellowish-green bird, without wing bars but it had a
>faint but identifiable eye ring. In checking my National Geographic field
>guide and Petersons, their illustrations and descriptions have no eye ring.
>The Golden Field Guide illustration and the Stokes guide photo both however
>show a slight eye ring. Is this a variable feature for this species?
>
>Jack Stephens
>Edmonds
>
>

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