Yesterday (Friday around 2-3pm) I spent a few minutes at Swindler Cove Park's Sherman Creek and spotted a male Mourning Warbler along the wood chip path near the overlook. It has a complete gray hood with black patches at the lower portion of the hood. The area of the throat and chin were light in color, whitish to buffy and it had distinct eye-arcs. I did not notice the loral or supraloral regions.
I haven't found a plumage for adult male oporornis with a light chin and throat. It isn't spoken of in Peterson's Warblers nor found in an online search. Is this a known variation? Thanks. -- Ben Cacace Manhattan, NYC http://novahunter.blogspot.com/2010/11/ebirdorg-nyc-area-abundance-charts.html -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
