Warblers passing through Oakland Mills Garden Plots

[Sarah Romero]

Around 3:45 this afternoon, 42 of these in a couple of trees at the back of the garden plots, by the power lines. Very streaky yellowish breast, wings drooped, Very yellow bar at the eye, might have been some orange in some of them. Are we looking at possible Cape May Warblers? And the dark one by itself...fanned tail, black and orange...a possible American Redstart? This early??

[stan arnold]

I think they are Red-winged Blackbirds, Sarah.

Stan Arnold

Ferndale

On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 8:13 PM, Sarah Romero <sarah.m....@gmail.com> wrote:

Around 3:45 this afternoon, 42 of these in a couple of trees at the back of the garden plots, by the power lines. Very streaky yellowish breast, wings drooped, Very yellow bar at the eye, might have been some orange in some of them. Are we looking at possible Cape May Warblers? And the dark one by itself...fanned tail, black and orange...a possible American Redstart? This early??

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[Sarah Romero]

Maybe some of them, but the streaky ones with yellow? Can't be.

[David Greenspoon]

Those look like female red-winged blackbirds. 

[Eric Kershner]

Agree.   They appear to be red-winged blackbirds. A few males and mostly females. Female red-winged blackbird are the most missed bird on ornithology tests. 

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[Sarah Romero]

THIS is why I love MDBirding. Thanks for helping me learn. I need a spotting scope. I swear.

[Sarah Romero]

ps: they did look quite yellow in the afternoon sun, though. Just sayin'.

[Sarah Romero]

I feel so validated knowing this.

[JAMES SPEICHER]

Nix on the spotting scope for general birding...but maybe a binocular
upgrade is indicated :)

No feedback on the Canon 10 x 42L to this point...anyone?

Jim Speicher