[rec.birds] I identified that warbler - thanks folks

decay@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (dean.kaflowitz) (06/27/91)

Thanks to everyone who offered suggestions on identifying
the warbler I saw at Sapsucker Woods.  Everyone was in
agreement that, if it wasn't the Blue-Winged, it was the
Common Yellowthroat.  Well, it was the Common Yellowthroat.
The difficulty in identification arose because the field
guide we used originally (I think it was an Audobon) has
photographs instead of drawings.  The photo looked like
the Common Yellowthroat had a yellow throat and grey belly,
but our bird was yellow on the throat and belly.  The
Peterson's guide, with its drawings, made it much clearer
and easier to identify the bird.  The mask is so large
that it is distinctly a Common Yellowthroat.

Many Rufous-Sided Towhees at Sandy Hook last Sunday.  I like
those birds.  I was calling to one and it hung around and
"conversed" with me for a couple of minutes and let me
get quite close.  Nothing like a friendly bird.

Dean Kaflowitz