Thinking that I had never seen either bird, I looked at the two photos on
the Cornell Bird site with a critical eye. The half moon eye ring on the
MacGillviray practically jumped out of the photo and hit me in my eye! But
after checking all the photos and the written description for both species,
I found that immature and female Mourning Warbler also have eye rings. And
as I read further, I found there are other warblers with similar colors and
eye rings.
I wonder why I thought it was only the Fall warblers that were supposed to
be confusing?
Felicity Rask
Gloucester.
