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Orange-crowned Warbler
Leiothlypis celata
(L 5" WS 7.25" Wt 0.32 oz)
One of the latest fall migrants
...leaving Canada in late Sept or Oct.
Hotel at Del Mar
02Jan2014
Sunol Regional
Wildernes
17Jun2011
 
Yellow-throat or orange-crowned,
 
from Tennessee, Connecticut, or
 
Canada, the prothonotary
 
clerks for the vireo from Philly,
 
who is neither lawyer nor warbler,
 
but is often mistaken.
 
         (Scott Edward Anderson)
Leiothlypis in
Greek/Latin
means
smooth
warbler; celata in
Latin means
hidden
crown.
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