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Although not as colorful as some wood warblers, adult male bay-breasted warblers are fairly striking in breeding plumage. This one, however, is in juvenile or winter plumage -- much less flashy but identifiable by the plain undersides, greenish-olive back and cap, and prominent wingbars. It was photographed in a small shoreline park in Pacific Grove, California; on one occasion it flew across the street into someone's garden and posed nicely by some blue flowers. In this plumage the species is very similar to the blackpoll warbler. |
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