Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla), Northsight Park, Scottsdale, Maricopa County

This Ovenbird was discovered and photographed by Brian Ison on 01 October 2011.

Ovenbird is a rare, but usually annual, summer visitor and transient in Arizona

Note the dense black streaking on white underparts, olive back, white eye-ring, two lateral crown stripes with orange patch in center, "head bobbing" behavior

01 October 2011, photo by Brian Ison

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