Re: [cobirds] CONNECTICUT WARBLER - El Paso County

When I lived in Chicago and banded birds along the shore of Lake Michigan, one HIGHLIGHT for me was banding multiple CONWs each spring.  They tend to be

late migrants in the Chicago area, and Memorial Day always seemed to be the peak time.  The species is often misidentified (especially in the fall), but in the hand the birds are really different 

from the similarly-plumaged Mournings; most importantly, the eye ring is (structurally) a raised ring of feathers that surrounds the bird's eye.  There's also the tail

length and length of the undertail coverts, but this raised ring of feathers is pretty obvious when one has the critter in one's hand.

This bird is pretty clearly a CONW . . . nice find.

sebastianpatti@hotmail.com
Sebastian T. Patti
770 S. Grand Avenue

Unit 3088

Los Angeles, CA 90017 
CELL: 773/304-7488

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From: cobirds@googlegroups.com <cobirds@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Brandon <flammowl17@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2019 2:08 PM
To: cobirds
Subject: [cobirds] CONNECTICUT WARBLER - El Paso County

 

Alan Ketchum photographed what appears to be a male Connecticut Warbler at Clear Spring Ranch in El Paso County.  West on Exit 123 off I-25, go to Fountain Creek then head south.  Hopefully people will be looking soon.

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S56870981  

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Brandon Percival
Pueblo West, CO

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