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    A tiny bird in the wetlands. There were several in the area.
    I thought they were Kinglets, wrong color, no eye band.
    Juvenile Huttons Vireo, not that common in my area, and not the right beak.
    A juvenile female Yellowthroat? Doesn't look like it to me.
    Too small for a warbler (kinglet size).
    I was going to post this in the identification category, but I thought I would get more looks here
    and it is confounding me.
    The Pacific northwest, in a refuge outside Portland Oregon.

    1/1000, f5.6, iso640, 500mm

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    Dan Kearl

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    Looks like a juvenile Common Yellowthroat to me. Juvs are tough and this time of year they are all about!

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    I agree, probable juvenile common yellowthroat.
    Great "flow" to the image, with the prominent lines working together nicely.
    I also like the defocused areas/transitions in the background.

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    Another vote for female common yellowthroat!
    Love the perch and the fairly clean BG.
    Gail

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    Nice pose and details, Dan. Agree with the ID.

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    Sure looks like a yellowthroat to me, too. Beautiful image Dan, it would have been even better with critical focus on the face but I love the pose, perch, and background (minus the vertical branches above).

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    Hi Dan, I like the diagonal perch, yellow lichen, and leaning pose of the yellowthroat. I bet these guys are busy, and never keep still.

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    Hello Dan. Very nice shot, I really like the pose and the great paerch, great feather detail too.
    Well done.

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    Nice to get him with a clean bg amongst the tree limbs and leaves... not an easy thing to do with these little ones. Great pose and diagonal perch

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