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ID Please

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Posted by Joe Paratore on February 4, 2010 at 4:32 PM
ID Please
Shot this image of a warbler at magee marsh on Ohio last spring.

Not sure if there is enough identifing markings to make a good call.

I checked out sibleys no luck. I new to birding anyway. That should that should explain alot :redface:
By the way I'm new to NPN. So any advise in posting on this forum
would be most helpful
Thanks
joe



Posted by Drew Fulton on February 4, 2010 at 4:41 PM
Joe,

This looks like a Tennessee Warbler. I'm not real familiar with the species having only seen them a handful of times so I imagine someone else will confirm but the gray head and olive back with the eye line are the field marks that jumped out at me.

Best,
Drew
Posted by Nick Saunders on February 4, 2010 at 5:48 PM
Yup Tennessee alright ! Welcome Joe ! :wavey:
Posted by Joe Paratore on February 4, 2010 at 8:39 PM
Drew , Cindy,and Nick -thanks for taking the time to respond .
Pretty excited to have capture a Tennessee ,did't hear any birders calling him out while I was there.

Thanks Cindy I may just do that. First day on the job, kinda feeling my way around a bit.

Joe



Posted by Brian Gatlin on February 5, 2010 at 9:17 AM
Agree w/ Tennessee. Cindy mentioned most of the good points. As a place to start, the small and sharply pointed bill is good for narrowing things down to the genus Vermivora within the warblers. The face pattern, green back with pale whitish underparts (especially the undertail coverts) and short tail add up to make it a Tennessee.