In the hand, you look for the miniature outermost primary extending beyond the primary coverts. This nice photo probably shows this, but I can not see this detail from my cell phone Brent Ortego Victoria, TX Sent from my iPhone On Feb 6, 2013, at 8:45 AM, Sam Fason <scfason@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > the lores are dark, and contrast with the white supercilium. the yellow is > definitely bright, and is brightest on center of the chest (opposed to > being brightest on the flanks as is the case in a lot of warbling), making > it pretty typical for Philadelphia. I think Harry got this one spot on. > On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 7:48 AM, Brent Ortego <brentortego@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > >> Eric >> >> Are you sure it is a Philadelphia? >> >> There are minor differences between this species and warbling >> >> I mainly look at length of p10. Amount of yellow is variable >> >> I don't have enough resolution on my phone to tell >> >> Either would be a great record >> >> Brent >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Feb 5, 2013, at 10:16 PM, Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> There is a Dec. 16, 2001 record (Weeks) from Freeport...Once again that >> is >>> depending on what one defines winter as when it comes to bird "winter" >> bird >>> reporting...There may be others but I don't have all that stuff at hand >> at >>> the moment....Otherwise as far as I know there are no documented Jan. or >>> Feb. records....Nice find Harry!B >>> On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 10:01 PM, Eric Carpenter <ecarpe@xxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >>> >>>> With Harry's permission, I thought I would share his photos with the >> group: >>>> >>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecarpe/sets/72157632700770364/ >>>> >>>> Quite an unexpected find this time of year and quite likely a first >>>> winter record for Texas! >>>> >>>> -- Eric >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Eric Carpenter >>>> Austin >>>> Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at >>>> //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds >>>> >>>> Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking >> permission >>>> from the List Owner >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Brush Freeman >>> Independent and affiliated Field Biologist >>> 361-655-7641 Cell >>> 720-202-0276 Business >>> http://texasnaturenotes.blogspot.com/ >>> Finca Alacranes., Utley,Texas >>> >>> >>> Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at >>> //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds >>> >>> Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking >> permission >>> from the List Owner >>> >>> >>> >> Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at >> //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds >> >> Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission >> from the List Owner >> >> >> > > > Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at > //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds > > Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission > from the List Owner > > > Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission from the List Owner