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Oreothlypis celata
A small, rather drab warbler of shrubs and low vegetation. Thin, very pointed bill, indistinct yellow supercilium, indistinct broken eye ring, grey to olive head, back, and wings, yellow to dull yellow/olive underparts with blurry, indistinct streaks on breast. Yellow undertail coverts. Females and immatures are somewhat duller. Orange crown rarely shows; most visible when crown feathers are raised, and from behind. Size is 4.25 inches.
This one was shredding the yellow blooms of the Forsythia sage.
Spotted on Dec 4, 2012
Submitted on Dec 9, 2012
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