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Setophaga ruticilla
Male - black hood, back, wings, tail, and chest. Orange on sides of breast. Orange patches in wings and sides of base of tail. Belly white. Female and young males - Light gray head. Gray to light green back. Whitish below. Yellow patches on side of breast. Yellow patch in wing. Yellow base of outer tail feathers. Faint, broken white eyering. Black legs.
Moist second growth deciduous forest, with abundant shrubs.
She would not cooperate and stay still for even a few seconds so all I managed were photos of her from the back. Hopefully next time...
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