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Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 13:33:55
From: Laurie Larson
Subject: Fwd: "Audubon's" Warbler, Cumberland Co
This just in from Bob Barber:
I had an "Audubon's" Warbler today (Nov. 11, 2000) on Maple Street in Dividing Creek, Downe Township, Cumberland County at about 10:00 AM. This is the road that goes between the impoundments, and runs into Turkey Point Road from the middle of the town of Dividing Creek. The exact spot was about .01 mi. past Franklin Ave (a left turn only), exactly where the road bears left. It was with a small group of "myrtle" warblers, and a few Chickadees, Tufted Titmouse, a Downy Woodpecker, and a Hermit Thrush. This group disappeared after about 15 minutes and I never caught up to it again. There were other groups of "myrtles" all up and down the road, a lots of habitat. This one might be hard to catch up with again.
This bird was an immature, but I am not sure if it was a male or female. The wing-bars were much more prominent than on the imm. "myrtles", making me suspect a male. The head showed very little contrast, and there was no pale supercilium, or a pale line from the neck around the back edge of the ear coverts; only the eye crescents. The underparts appeared whiter than the "myrtles, and the streaking on the sides of the breast was very fine, not as broad and smudgy as the "myrtles" or as extensive. The yellow patches on the sides of the breast appeared bright and more extensive than on the imm. "myrtles. and the throat was very faintly washed with yellow. I didn't get good views of the tail to see if the white was more extensive, and I never saw the back well, because the bird was always above eye level, but as close as 15 ft. at one point. I also did not hear the bird call, but with the wind blowing 30+ mph, my faulty ears were having difficulty hearing anything. The wind was also keeping the birds "spooked" and hard to keep track of.
Regards,
Bob
Bob Barber
Rutgers University - Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory -Histology/Pathology New Jersey USA
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