The original look at a Confusing Fall Warbler. Congratulations
to Neil Gilbert, who writes about Orange County Birding in his
OC Birding Blog , for being the first BOTB reader to correctly
identify this bird as a bay-breasted warbler. Neil, who is 16,
lends further proof to my belief that today's young birders are
WAY better informed and knowledgeable than most of the rest of
us were (at least those of us older than 35 or so). Check out
Neil's blog, too. He gots mad skilz. A closer look reveals a
bay-breasted warbler, probably a first year female. I know I
should be saying here that there's no such thing as a Confusing
Fall Warbler. Better birders than I often say that, and I
suppose it's true. But I still find myself scratching my head at
some of the individual fall warblers that slip through our
ridgetop trees here in SE Ohio. If that's not confusion, then I
need to change shampoos. There are three species that, in fall,
look a lot like this bird: plain olive-yellow overall with
wingbars and some streaking