Yellow-rumped Warbler--Maybe???

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Yellow-rumped Warbler--Maybe??? Mar 14, 2022 6:58:03 GMT jackscrap, Lillias, and 1 more like this

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I have looked at bird photos until my eyes are sore and have not spotted anything I would yet say "this is it."

>>>UPDATE: I did some more looking; could he be a Juvenile Yellow-rumped Warbler ?
A bit more reading reveals that there are two strains; this one is of the Eastern variety, a Yellow-rumped "Myrtle" Warbler; and, a Western variety, the Yellow-rumped "Audubon's" Warbler.

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On a poverty-level Kentucky budget, a 24-exposure roll of film would have two Christmases and a summer vacation on it and we might have to wait another six months before being able to afford developing the film.
I still have trouble remembering that it doesn't cost anything to take thousands of pictures; it just almost seems impossible to be true.

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Yellow-rumped Warbler--Maybe??? Mar 14, 2022 19:08:07 GMT BuckSkin likes this

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Post by pontiac1940 on Mar 14, 2022 19:08:07 GMT

Sure looks like it. They are pretty birds.
It's the only small bird I know with a yellow butt.
A few show up here in May-ish, but don't stay here.
Check out this short video of a female "Myrtle' strain. Looks like you birds.

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Yellow-rumped Warbler--Maybe??? Mar 14, 2022 21:05:48 GMT

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Mar 14, 2022 19:08:07 GMT pontiac1940 said:

It's the only small bird I know with a yellow butt.

Thanks; I am going to declare him to be officially identified.

I might have identified him quicker if any of the photos I was finding had showed the backside of the birds instead of side views and head on.

I find it interesting that I found two separate accounts as to the two strains, Audubon and Myrtle; one account says that until recently, they had been thought of as two separate species, but evidence now suggests they are a single species; the other account says just the opposite, that they had been considered to be a single species, but new evidence splits them into two separate species.
I don't know which is better, to find conflicting accounts of the facts, or to find dozens of references that have all obviously been copy/pasted from a single source that may or may not be completely wrong.

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On a poverty-level Kentucky budget, a 24-exposure roll of film would have two Christmases and a summer vacation on it and we might have to wait another six months before being able to afford developing the film.
I still have trouble remembering that it doesn't cost anything to take thousands of pictures; it just almost seems impossible to be true.

BuckSkin Senior Contributor Posts: 3,881	Yellow-rumped Warbler--Maybe??? Mar 15, 2022 4:55:00 GMT pontiac1940 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by BuckSkin on Mar 15, 2022 4:55:00 GMT I updated my first post, reworded it a bit, and added THIS LINK.
	Elements 7 ~~~ 64-bit Windows 7 On a poverty-level Kentucky budget, a 24-exposure roll of film would have two Christmases and a summer vacation on it and we might have to wait another six months before being able to afford developing the film. I still have trouble remembering that it doesn't cost anything to take thousands of pictures; it just almost seems impossible to be true.

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