Orange-Crowned Warbler

 This is the Orange-Crowned Warbler DesertDale took at our site here on Sidewinder.

The Tennessee Warbler are so similar in the Fall.  The Orange-crowned shows a long whitish or yellowish split eye ring with a indistinct short yellow supercilium.
They are stable, especially in the a West, were they are very common. In the winter  they can be found in thickets and shrubby areas from southeast U.S. and Ca., though Mexico to Guatemala.  They rarely linger in the north.

They lay 4 to 5 eggs in its nest or near the ground.  Mar.-May in the West and June in the east.

They seem to think they are very plain but  I think its a pretty yellow bird.

Enjoy the photos.  Kitfoxgal