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[Nells250]

I spotted this little bird up in Boothbay Maine on 8/11/12. I had to zoom way in to get the shot. I looked in my book of New England birds, and didn't see anything with that little yellow patch under the beak. I wish I could give you all more info, but I'm afraid this is all I have!

JD

[psweet]

I don't see a photo, but if I had to guess, I'd say the most likely thing to have a little yellow patch under the beak is a Common Yellowthroat. (Of course, the photo will probably prove me completely wrong.)

[Ryn]

Hard to say by that description. Yellow patch under the beak could be a lot of birds, most likely a warbler of some sort but I would be somewhat reticent to hazard a guess.

[BarnSwallow]

Warblers are migrating right now, and most of them have yellow on them. A very basic bird book would probably not have all the birds that migrate through in it.

[Nells250]

Uhoh, the photo isn't showing!!!! Give me some time and I will try and fix that!

[Nells250]

OK, it looks like the photo file is properly attached now. Sorry about that!!!

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[creeker]

The pic proves psweet right.

[Nells250]

OK, I looked that one up in my book, and it obviously isn't a male. But the photo of a female doesn't look like it either. It doesn't show a solid yellow patch like that. It does, though, say that the amount and shade of yellow "all vary with geography".

[creeker]

Your Eastern ones show that yellow patch the most.

[psweet]

Lucky guess, creeker!