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Photo by Tom15

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Field Notes

Habitat:

A small flock of these warblers were in the forest at Massachusetts Audubon's Rocky Hill refuge.

Notes:

Yellow-rumped Warblers are a common sight now with lots of them back from their wintering grounds. These 2 pictures are of males in breeding plumage. The second one must have recently molted his tail feathers and they look like they're just growing back.

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Missing tail feathers slows them down a bit, but they can still get around. In a week or two they should be grown all the way back.

jamiewgoodspeed

I saw this happen to a gnatcatcher once… do you think it effects their flying?

I bet that one that's missing his tail has a hard time attracting the ladies now during mating season:-)

They look so funny without their tails.

Thanks rams4d.

Nice shot

Thanks Hema.

Lovely ,indeed!! :)

Thanks James. I love it when the bird moves to just the right spot, so that at least one out of the twenty pictures comes out nice:-)

Beautiful image of a lovely bird...KUDOS Tom!

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