CLOSED: Can you ID from bad drawing and description?

I am NOT an artist, so please be merciful toward my drawing. I used the crayons and pencils that I bought for my nephew's visit when he was 5. OK, I got a good look at this bird on Saturday. Didn't have my camera but thought I noted enough distinguishing features to ID, but I haven't been able to do so. Here is what I know for sure:

1) two white conspicuous wing bars
2) very bright dark yellow chin and breast -- glowed on a cloudy day
3) eye-line that I immediately compared to a Carolina Wren when I saw it -- cream/yellow colored and coloring around it rust/brown
4) white undertail coverts
5) smaller than sparrows around it but not by too much. I would say 5" in size

Any ideas? Thanks!

Try Pine Warbler

I considered the Pine Warbler but the top of the head wasn't yellow and PW doesn't have eye-stripe. I've been trying to find a picture of a female Blackburnian Warbler. All the websites that I've checked show only the male. Could that be it?

I'm editing b/c can't be Blackburnian since my bird had two wingbars. Darn it.

This message was edited Sep 24, 2009 10:55 AM

Dang! I wish I could draw that bad.

Could it be a couch's kingbird? They would usually be more down in the valley, but could have wandered up there. The bright yellow and the eye bar are usually what tip them off, I am told.

Maybe female / juv Magnolia Warbler

Too small for Couch's Kingbird - that'd be conspicuously larger than a sparrow

Resin

Hmmm, I don't know. At least if it was a Magnolia Warbler, I wouldn't be missing out on a new bird. The eyeline was quite pronounced. When I tried to make it stand out more, I messed it up.

I was deleting photos and I came across this bird that I saw earlier this month at a park near Conroe. I took a ton of Pine Warbler photos that day, so I assumed this bird was also a Pine Warbler and maybe it is, but it could by my mystery bird. It seems to have spectacles rather than an eyeline. I have two pics of it to share. Is it just a Pine Warbler or ????

Here's the second photo of the bird I saw a few weeks ago.

They're Pine Warblers, but don't have a white supercilium, so presumably aren't your mystery bird

Resin

I'm not an expert, just a bird nut, but maybe this will help find the correct name for your bird?
According to birding books that I've read: When IDing a bird, it's always easiest to eliminate a bird from the possible list of suspected species than to incorrectly identify.
Such as: It was a blue bird so the bird that I'm searching for could not have been a cardinal.

That's a good approach. The problem with my bird is the eyeline. It just doesn't seem to fit with anything, but I saw it very clearly. I remember saying to myself as I watched it that it had an eyeline like a Carolina Wren. That's a pretty distinct one. I guess I could go through my book and eliminate every bird that doesn't have one, but not today!

Thanks!

I've discovered your post kind of late, Elphaba, but it's got me very curious! Did you ever I.D. your bird? If not, then please tell me - if you still recall, what color was the back of the head and shoulders? Looks brown or gray in your drawing, but could it have been a little olive colored?
Deb

Have you tried using the enature.com bird guide? You can do an advanced search and provide size, color and your region to get a list of possible birds. Your drawing is just wonderful by the way!

because I found this on their guide....possibly a yellow-throated vireo? http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Yellow-throated_Vireo/id

Maybe that was it and the pronounced eyeline that I thought I saw was some trick of the light. Cool website. Thanks for sharing.

This is a Pine Warbler and doesn't he look like he has an eyeline? It looks more like spectacles but does show that I could have been confused by a Pine Warbler. and yes, I promise to get over it now and move on!

I agree that it does look like an eyeline!