Posted by John Boyd on October 07, 2003 at 22:19:28:
In Reply to: Quiz photos by Brennan Mulrooney. posted by Larry Manfredi on October 07, 2003 at 12:04:17:
This is the kind of test that makes me think I don't have any birding skills!
I'll play anyway....
#1 appears to be a Tennessee, with relatively long wings, bright green back, dark eyeline, prominent supercilium, and white undertail coverts.
#2 seems to be Orange-crowned, with olive-green upperparts, weak supercilium, hint of a split eye-ring. Is that streaking on the flanks and side of the breast? Not sure what to make of the white on the median coverts. The decurved culmen also suggests OC (and rules out Tennessee).
On #3, I notice the blunter bill, ruling out the Vermivora. A Common Yellowthroat should show at least a little yellow. The throat and breast pattern doesn't really match Oporonis, which shouldn't show that hint of streaking and should show at least a hint of a band/demarcation line. That leaves Yellow Warbler. From the color scheme, I would say first fall female Golden Warbler.