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Late KENTUCKY WARBLER in N. Durham, Co
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Late KENTUCKY WARBLER in N. Durham, Co
- From: Tom Krakauer <tkrakauer@mindspring.com>
- Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2003 15:05:20 -0400
- Delivered-to: pardo@metalab.unc.edu
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Janet and I took our usual 8:30- 10:00 walk in our extended back yard.
Not a yard bird, but our first fall record for a Kentucky Warbler. Will's
checklist does not record a Kentucky in October.
I got good views of the bird. Janet and I both saw it moving up a tangled
tree in the smaller branches, and were able to keep on it for more than a
minute.
Dark under tail, all bright yellow vent abdomen and chest. Back and wings
light olive, wing bars. Yellow under the chin and wrapping up the
cheek. I saw the dark line in front of the eye, but Janet did not. After
checking "Sibley lite", I called it a hatch year female.
Did not have any breast beading of a Canada
No crown of the wilson's, and the dark eyeline would exclude that.
The dark under tail would eliminate hooded.
Warbler seen today:
Kentucky
Black Throated Green,
Black and White
Redstart
Palm 6 or 7
Parula
Yellow Rumped (I think)
Yellow Throat
Migrants are still coming through: Catbirds (lots), thrashers, Scarlet
Tanagers, Bluegray Gnatchatcher still coming through.
Winter arrivals: Song Sparrow, White throat (single distant call),
waxwings, Yellowrump, Hairy woodpecker, cedar waxwing (about 50).
Tom
Tom Krakauer
Bahama, Durham County, NC
tkrakauer@mindspring.com