Definitely an Orange-crowned Warbler for all the reasons already cited by Shai.
Thanks for making the images available for further review.
Cheers,
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> On Dec 19, 2017, at 3:33 PM, Patricia Lindsay <[email protected]> wrote:
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> 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.
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> Patricia Lindsay
> Bay Shore
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>> On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 03:16 PM, Shaibal Mitra wrote:
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>> Hi Cesar and all,
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>> Very cool-looking bird!
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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
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>> Dear All,
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> OCWA or MGWA
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>> César
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