The _celeta_ type OC Warbler in the photo on Mike Patterson's web page comes
the closest to looking like my problematic bird of this morning. I
particularly noted how white my bird's split eye ring seemed. However, even
though I viewed the bird for perhaps as much as a minute from a distance of
10 - 12 feet with 10 X 42
B & L Elites, I never did see even a hint of green or yellow on it's head,
neck or throat.

Dennis Rockwell Kennewick, WA dennis.rockwell at gte.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Patterson <celata at pacifier.com>
To: Tweeters at u.washington.edu <Tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Date: Sunday, November 10, 2002 6:16 PM
Subject: Re: OC Warbler races


>Keeping in mind that these are spring warblers and are in
>fairly fresh plumage, here are all three subspecies of
>Orange-crowned Warbler:
>http://home.pacifier.com/~neawanna/observatory/ocwa.html
>
>Notice that the _celata_ type has a very white looking
>split eye-ring and a longish, thin bill. The _orestera_
>has a yellowish split eye-ring, a thickish looking bill
>and lots of duskiness in the breast and belly. _lutescens_
>have a green back, very little gray and a generally bright
>yellow breast.
>
>SGMlod at aol.com wrote:
>>
>> Greetings
>>
>> In regards to Dennis Rockwell's OC Warblers. The first two (the
>> brighter greeny ones) sound like typical lutescens, which breed in w
>> WA and along the Cascades. The third bird sounds like orestera, which
>> breeds in ne Washington and the Blues. These birds, esp some fall
>> individuals, look to have a gray hood and are sometimes mistaken for
>> oporornis warblers. The third choice, celata, are typically very dull.
>> Indeed, when I birded in Chicago (where celata only occurs), I used to
>> think that Drab Warbler would have been a far better name than
>> Orange-crowned.
>>
>> Anyway, the status of celata in Washington is far from clear, but it
>> appears to be only a vagrant and typically doesn't have the hooded
>> effect. Bear (bare?) in mind that all of this is somewhat a
>> simplification, as intermediate appearing birds are not unusual.
>>
>> Cheers
>> SteveMlodinow
>
>--
>Mike Patterson
>Astoria, OR
>celata at pacifier.com
>
>A child who becomes acquainted with the birds about him
>hears every sound and puzzles out its meaning with a cleverness
>that amazes those with ears who hear not.
>
> -Neltje Blanchan
>
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