And please allow me to clarify that I have no idea why it is circulating that I put the blessing on the ID as MacGillivray's after having a single 2 second look at a tiny image on someone's phone on Sunday. My reaction was simply a "wow" and I never pursued it further.
Patricia Lindsay Bay Shore On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 03:16 PM, Shaibal Mitra wrote: > Hi Cesar and all, > > Very cool-looking bird! > > I think its overall shape (and particularly its very finely pointed > bill) and manners suggest Orange-crowned Warbler. I also think that a > MacGillivray's Warbler would show a thicker, blacker loral stripe. > > Finally, the whitish edges to the tips of the primaries are a typical > feature of Orange-crowned Warbler, and one that I can't recall seeing > on things like Mourning Warbler or Common Yellowthroat, whcih > MacGillivray's would be expected to resemble. > > Shai Mitra > Bay Shore > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] > [[email protected]] on behalf of Cesar > Castillo [[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2017 1:46 PM > To: EBirds NYC; NYSBIRDS-L > Subject: [nysbirds-l] OCWA or MGWA > > Dear All, > > I have posted the original images on flicker. I have not messed with > the photos except in increasing their sharpness. I can see how this > could be an orange-crowned warbler, however I remember seeing a grey > hood that extended quite a bit, Carry Laben and I immediately thought > Mourning W until we looked at the photos and thought MacGillivray's. > Memory is fickle though when it comes to details, I don't tend to just > trust mine without evidence. The hood, if it is real is most notable > in the 2nd and 7th link below. > > Thank you all, it's too bad no one else has been able to see it. I > attempted to find it on Monday morning, but there was active > construction in the location where it was found, and most of the snow > in the park had melted, giving this bird and all the other birds found > in the same spot ample opportunity to find food elsewhere. > > OCWA or MGWA > > > > > > > [https://s.yimg.com/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV2/23/logos/flickr.png] > OCWA or MGWA > > Flushing Meadows Corona Park - Meadow Lake Queens County, NY, USA > 12/17/2017 > > > > > > > > > > > > > [https://s.yimg.com/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV2/23/logos/flickr.png] > OCWA or MGWA > > Flushing Meadows Corona Park - Meadow Lake Queens County, NY, USA > 12/17/2017 > > > > > OCWA or MGWA > > > > > > > [https://s.yimg.com/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV2/23/logos/flickr.png] > OCWA or MGWA > > Flushing Meadows Corona Park - Meadow Lake Queens County, NY, USA > 12/17/2017 > > > > > > OCWA or MGWA > > > > > > > [https://s.yimg.com/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV2/23/logos/flickr.png] > OCWA or MGWA > > Flushing Meadows Corona Park - Meadow Lake Queens County, NY, USA > 12/17/2017 > > > > > OCWA or MGWA > > > > > > > [https://s.yimg.com/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV2/23/logos/flickr.png] > OCWA or MGWA > > Flushing Meadows Corona Park - Meadow Lake Queens County, NY, USA > 12/17/2017 > > > > > OCWA or MGWA > > > > > > > [https://s.yimg.com/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV2/23/logos/flickr.png] > OCWA or MGWA > > Flushing Meadows Corona Park - Meadow Lake Queens County, NY, USA > 12/17/2017 > > > > > > OCWA or MGWA > > > > > > > [https://s.yimg.com/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV2/23/logos/flickr.png] > OCWA or MGWA > > Flushing Meadows Corona Park - Meadow Lake Queens County, NY, USA > 12/17/2017 > > > > > > OCWA or MGWA > > > > > > > [https://s.yimg.com/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV2/23/logos/flickr.png] > OCWA or MGWA > > Flushing Meadows Corona Park - Meadow Lake Queens County, NY, USA > 12/17/2017 > > > > > OCWA or MGWA > > > > > > > [https://s.yimg.com/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV2/23/logos/flickr.png] > OCWA or MGWA > > Flushing Meadows Corona Park - Meadow Lake Queens County, NY, USA > 12/17/2017 > > > > > > > César > > Una tarde la princesa vio una estrella aparecer; la princesa era > traviesa y la quiso ir a coger. > La quería para hacerla decorar un prendedor, con un verso y una > perla, una pluma y una flor. > Las princesas primorosas se parecen mucho a ti; cortan lirios, > cortan rosas, cortan astros. 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