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RE: Juvenile Ceruleans



Jeff:

Pyle does not mention the white wing bars, but Peterson's Warbler guide
describes the first fall male as you have described it.  Esp. the "striking
white supercilium".  The first fall female has a pale striking supercilium.
Seems Cerulean is a good call.

Mike Eagan

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Carleton Wood [SMTP:egardens@inteliport.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, August 16, 2001 10:10 AM
> To:	carolinabirds@duke.edu
> Subject:	Juvenile Ceruleans
> 
> 	Does anyone out there have any experience with juvenile/first fall
> Cerulean
> Warblers? I had a small, very active, short-tailed warbler yesterday that
> was brownish above, whitish below (much like a juv. Pine Warbler) with two
> bold white wing bars, a fairly bold light supercilium, AND blue on the
> crown. I would not have a problem with calling this bird a Cerulean except
> for how brown it was on the upperparts (I did not notice much streaking,
> although it could have been there - this was a naked eye sighting from
> about
> 8 feet away as the bird struggled with a worm on the ground). The date is
> certainly good for Ceruleans but I have to wonder if the young migrate in
> this plumage. Also, there WAS a cold front through and I did have a few
> other migrants yesterday including my first Bobolink of the season.
> Any thoughts?
> 	Jeff Lewis
> 	Manteo, NC