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Posted by Carlos Sanchez on 14:42:29 12/31/09
In Reply to: Re: Warbler ID- photo #3 posted by Ken Schneider
Orange-crowned Warbler for this reason:
1) Thin dark eye-line. Nashville Warbler would never show a thin dark eye-line. Rather, it would have a white eye ring. Nashville Warbler would also have a distinctive gray hood, which your bird lacks.
Remember, Orange-crowned Warbler can also have very yellow undertail coverts (usually, one of its very few fieldmarks!). This species will also show an almost tit-like feeding behavior (hanging from branches, sometimes even upside down, looking for tasty morsels).
Nashville Warbler will feed more like a Northern Parula -- hectic, fast moving, usually high up in the canopy, etc. A very distinctive feature of Nashville Warbler is the white around the legs (yellow undertail coverts, white around the legs, yellow breast). Just another feature to look out for in the future.
Hope this helps,
Carlos
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