Central Winds Park, 9/16/2013

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I had a good morning at Central Winds.  I visited there for a little bit in the morning and on the way home. Between my two visits I had 11 warblers: Ovenbird, Louisiana Waterthrush (late arrival), Black-and-white Warbler, American Redstart, Northern Parula, Yellow Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Yellow-throated Warbler and Prairie Warbler in the morning. I added a Blackburnian and Common Yellowthroat in the evening.  I also found my first Veery of the fall, an Eastern Wood-Pewee and possibly two Acadian Flycatchers (I saw one in the morning and one in a different location in the evening). It's really nice to see thrushes coming back.

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Northern Parula
I figure this Common Yellowthroat thinks she's in heaven.  I saw her grab several spiders in these webs.

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Common Yellowthroat
This Veery just would not behave.  First it was behind a branch so I could only see its head.  Then it moved into clear view, but it only looked up like this. Then it flew off.

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Veery

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  1. Hi Scott,
    Terrific photos as usual! Are you 100% on the N. Parula ID? Not sure what it looks like but don't think it is a N. Parula. I feel as though it is missing the broken eye ring and the bill is too large. Thanks, Dale in Dunedin

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  2. Dale,
    I'm not great at aging and sexing warblers, but I believe this is an immature/first year parula, perhaps a female. I think that's why the colors look a little more dingy. I can detect a broken eye-ring in the photo, but it's not as pronounced because of head is lighter.

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