PhotoLover
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Fluffing it's feathers a bit. I'm seeing a lot of different warblers and such moving through.
Bay-breasted Warbler by PhotoLover, on Flickr
Bay-breasted Warbler by PhotoLover, on Flickr
Bay-breasted Warbler
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Turberticus
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Nice! Baypolls are tough to ID! I usually go by the color of their feet. Their breeding plumage on the other hand makes it obvious which is which lolFluffing it's feathers a bit. I'm seeing a lot of different warblers and such moving through.
PhotoLover
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Well my seek app thinks it a Bay-breasted warbler, and looking at this:
Bay-breasted Warbler Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
A grayish warbler highlighted with rich red-brown and creamy buff in the summer, the Bay-breasted transforms itself in the fall into a mostly green and white warbler with a hint of bay on the flanks. Uncommon during migration, these birds are numerous in the forests of northern Canada, where...
www.allaboutbirds.org
I think calling it an immature/female Bay-breasted is entirely reasonable.
That picture doesn't show it well, but it does have two distinct white wing bars. So I think that's right!