Tracy, I looked at the photos on your eBird checklist, and your unidentified
warbler appears to be a Tennessee. Many can be quite yellowish in the fall,
and many show faint wingbars. The dark eye-stripe is good for this species,
and also the pointed/tapered bill.
Tom Schultz
Green Lake Co.
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From: tracy chiconas (Redacted sender "tchiconas" for DMARC)
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2018 11:04 AM
To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [wisb] please help w/Id
hi, i have 2 birds i would really appreciate a positive Id on from my
yesterday checklists. One is a warbler & the other is a hawk.
At McKinley Beach yesterday i saw a warbler. While researching it
yesterday i was delighted to come across this great article by Tom Schultz!
Here is a link to it as it is a great time of year for this helpful
information! :
https://ebird.org/news/baypoll/
I thought the bird in question might be a "baypoll", but after reading the
article, i eliminated Blackpoll & Bay-breasted.
here is the checklist w/pics:
https://ebird.org/wi/view/checklist/S48169560
Next, at Bradford Beach i saw a bird, i have it currently listed as
shorebird sp. but i am just unsure. While the head looks familiar, it was:
1)flying higher then i have seen any shorebird/peep fly 2)the tail length, &
underside wing shading are confusing me. Tail looks quite long to me &
underside wings & wing shape look not familiar to me.
Also what drew my attention to it in the first place: i was watching 2
Semipalmated plovers & they hunkered down a bit & looked sideways/up, i
looked at their "looking direction" & saw this bird. At the time i thought
more Kestrel (have seen in area); not because of its speed or shape; it is
just what i recall thinking it might be most at the time. It was a Piping
Plover day & i spent many more hours at the beaches then i should of & much
time researching on the internet, & as a result my memory is a bit 'crunched
together" now.
What appears to be a strong neckband suggests shorebird/peep to me. It
appeared not "peep small" to me, larger, but i had no size comparison
available to me.
Also at BB i saw what i believe to be a Merlin go after a Piping Plover
over the lake. It left empty taloned this time. I have it listed as Merlin
on the checklist; if someone would give me an ID on this bird that would be
awesome. The face markings & bill color (which are quite difficult to see in
my pics) have me questioning Merlin. The tail markings, underside, wing
shape, size, & markings have me Id Merlin, but i think Sharp-shined is
possible.
Lastly, w/a non-Coopers being present, i am questioning my Cooper's Hawk
ID. If anyone has an ID either way, i would apperciate it!
BB checklist:
https://ebird.org/wi/view/checklist/S48170509
thanks so much in advance to any help that is offered!!!!
good birding!
-Tracy Chiconas
Mil. Co.
tchiconas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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