Check out the color of the feet... Bob Archer PDX > On Feb 16, 2015, at 5:54 PM, Linda Fink <linda@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > While watching this bird through the branches today, I thought it was a > Hutton's Vireo. But now that I see the only photo I got, it's looking more > like a Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Would love to have folks take a look and tell me > what it is and why. Thank you! > > http://lindafink-birdnotes.blogspot.com/2015/02/huttons-vireo-or-ruby-crowned-kinglet.html > > I also saw my first warbler of the year on our farm today, but don't know > what it is and did not succeed in getting a photo. It appeared white with > black stripes on the side and a gray back, but it was way up in the top of > alders along our little creek so I was mostly seeing it's under side. It said > zit zit when it flew from one tree top to the next. It did not flutter around > like a yellow-rump does and it stayed at the tops. It appeared to be all by > itself. I assume it was a Black-throated Gray as that's what we see here in > the spring/summer, but I'd like to know if there are other possibilities. It > was a very non-colorful Black-throated Gray if that's what it was. But I > never got a good look at the head. > > Linda, southwest Yamhill county in the Coast Range foothills > -- > http://lindafink.blogspot.com/ > http://lindafink-birdnotes.blogspot.com/ > http://fffwildflowers.blogspot.com/ > http://finkfamilyfarmtrees.blogspot.com/ > > > OBOL archives: www.freelists.org/archive/obol > Manage your account or unsubscribe: //www.freelists.org/list/obol > Contact moderators: obol-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > OBOL archives: www.freelists.org/archive/obol Manage your account or unsubscribe: //www.freelists.org/list/obol Contact moderators: obol-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx