Mindy Smith Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 Saw this bird this morning - May 3 - at about 11 am West Bloomfield MI mixed in with 2 Tufted Titmouse (titmice?), two ruby-crowned kinglets, a yellow-rumped warbler, Chipping Sparrows and a robin. Only got this shot amid all the activity. A fairly new bird to me so want to be sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bird Nuts Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 Cropping the photo would help a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindy Smith Posted May 3, 2020 Author Share Posted May 3, 2020 sorry. here is a cropped version. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Cochrane Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 (edited) Seems OK for Female Cerulean Warbler. See what others think, as I have no experience with this species. Edited May 3, 2020 by Connor Cochrane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackburnian Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 I think this is a Yellow-rumped Warbler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bird Nuts Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 (edited) 20 minutes ago, blackburnian said: I think this is a Yellow-rumped Warbler. Yellow-rumpeds don't have that long and bright supercilium. Edited May 3, 2020 by The Bird Nuts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 This is a female Blackpoll Warbler. Notice the streaking on the back, and overall black/white color scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bird Nuts Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 6 hours ago, Benjamin said: This is a female Blackpoll Warbler. Notice the streaking on the back, and overall black/white color scheme. I don't think Blackpolls have that extensive of a supercilium either. And the streaks on the back seem too subtle for a Blackpoll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefferson Shank Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Agree with female Cerulean Warbler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackburnian Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 I’ve seen many female Cerulean and I can’t see this as one at all. Yellow-rumpeds do show a supercilium and I can see a yellow patch on the bird’a side. It is far too dark and drab to be Cerulean, and is wrong structurally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamRHead Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 8 hours ago, The Bird Nuts said: Yellow-rumpeds don't have that long and bright supercilium. The Warbler Guide features one specimen under age/sexing that comes pretty close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexHenry Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 I can see YRWA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 I came back and looked more closely at the bird, i.e zoomed in on the picture, and I think this is probably a YRWA. I didn't notice the yellow on the bird's side, and the streaks on the back looked more pronounced before zooming in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phalarope713 Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Yeah, I’d probably call this a Myrtle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bird Nuts Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 (edited) I still can't really see it as a YR Warbler. Its markings just seem too crisp. Something keeps bringing me back to Blackburnian Warbler. But I've never seen a Cerulean. Edited May 4, 2020 by The Bird Nuts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindy Smith Posted May 4, 2020 Author Share Posted May 4, 2020 Thanks all for the conversation/opinions. I did not see a yellow rump on this bird and am quite familiar with YRWA, just not so much with other warblers. Also have not seen the myrtle here, only the Audubon so far. Am here in MI for the next few weeks so will continue to try to photograph as many of the warblers as I can - they have appeared in larger numbers this past week so pretty exciting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindy Smith Posted May 4, 2020 Author Share Posted May 4, 2020 Oops, meant to mention that a slight yellow wash below is mentioned on the Cornell site for female Cerulean warblers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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