[CT Birds] Mystery Kingbird Revealed

[Clay Taylor]

Sarah -

Contact is a maybe (but against what???), food-based is more doubtful - what
insects could impart a yellowish cast to emerging feathers, and what
quantities / duration of feeding would be necessary to cover the entire molt
process?    A baby bird in the nest that is receiving the same kind of bug
from its parents might receive the necessary dosage, but wouldn't that also
make the white along the throat and face turn yellow?

Clay Taylor
Moodus, CT
ctaylor at att.net

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> I wonder if diet or other factors (such as contact with vegetation) might
produce the yellow "wash"?
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