[NatureNS] some type of warbler

Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 16:11:25 -0400
From: iamclar@DAL.CA
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca, Angela Joudrey* <aljoudrey@eastlink.ca>
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Angela:

Field guides often don't note that first-fall Pine Warblers can have  
dull yellow on feet, and the legs can be less than black - more  
brownish in tone. This causes confusion with first-fall Blackpoll,  
which can have duller, darker legs than indicated in field guides.  
Magnolia Warbler would be very distinctive. I suspect your bird is a  
Pine.

Cheers, Ian

Quoting Angela Joudrey* <aljoudrey@eastlink.ca>:

Hi All.

Since the Christmas break, I've noticed a "more yellow and larger
than normal" goldfinch. I know it isn't a goldfinch, but it is the
best way to describe it.

Today I was home long enough to observe it traveling the trees in my
backyard ( pine, wild rose, various hardwoods ) with a downy
woodpecker and frequenting the suet. It isn't interested in the sun
flower, mixed, or niger seed feeders.

I have a few pics. I'm thinking either a magnolia ( unlikely ) or a
pine warbler ( most likely ) but my Stokes book doesn't quite match
what I see. White wing bars, eye circles, but the legs do not appear
to be black.

I'd be very interested in any help. E mail me and I'll e mail the 2
or 3  the pics I have. ( I sat under the feeder for what seemed like
forever and was able to get a couple of close up pics. )

Thanks
Angela in Windsor
--
When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to
the rest of the world.
John Muir




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