Pictorial Highlights Week 10/02-10/08

PICTORIAL HIGHLIGHTS, WEEK 10/02/00-10/08/00

First fall capture on 10/07 for Orange-crowned Warbler (two banded), a very uncommon migrant at Powdermill

Twelve species of wood warblers banded 10/07, including a very late Canada Warbler and the largest daily tally (23) of Palm Warblers for this station since 1967 (including one eastern race, "Yellow" Palm Warbler, rare west of the Appalachians)

Out of 21 White-throated Sparrows banded on 10/06, one adult bird was a particularly bright example of the orange-lored variant (a very rare plumage variation that occurs at a rate of about 1 per 1,000 in this species at Powdermill, based on nearly 16,000 bandings)--it is pictured below next to an otherwise similar bird exhibiting the normal yellow lores

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