What kind of Warbler?? (1 Viewer)

arco13

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• May 30, 2008

• #1

I saw this bird last week. I was thinking it was a Lawrence's Warbler but the longer and slightly curved bill confuses me a little. :h?: Thanks for any comments.

 

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stuartelsom

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• May 30, 2008

• #2

Hi Arco,

You are correct, it is a male Lawrence's Warbler. Superb bird, even if it is a hybrid!

 

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cnybirder

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• May 30, 2008

• #3

It looks like a Lawrence's backcross to me. Not sure why the bill is like that.

 

arco13

Well-known member

• May 30, 2008

• #4

stuartelsom said:

Hi Arco,

You are correct, it is a male Lawrence's Warbler. Superb bird, even if it is a hybrid!

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Thanks Stuartelsom. Dosnt the bill look kind of curved to you? Maybe thats not a big deal but it seems weird to me. All the plates have the bill stright on the Lawrence's.

 

Microtus

Maryland USA (he/him)

• May 30, 2008

• #5

arco13 said:

Thanks Stuartelsom. Dosnt the bill look kind of curved to you? Maybe thats not a big deal but it seems weird to me. All the plates have the bill stright on the Lawrence's.

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It could be the angle of the head relative to the camera. Or it could be a backcross with a thrasher. |;|

 

arco13

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• May 30, 2008

• #6

Microtus said:

It could be the angle of the head relative to the camera. Or it could be a backcross with a thrasher. |;|

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lol!! Good point on the head relative to the camera. I was looking at some of the other photos I took of it and the bill seemed straighter. I though maybe this was something differnt but I guess not. Oh well, still a pretty damn cool bird! :-O

 

Microtus

Maryland USA (he/him)

• May 30, 2008

• #7

It's a Wonderful bird.

 

AlexC

Aves en Los Ángeles

Opus Editor

• May 30, 2008

• #8

Male Lawrence's! Wowza! Arco, you lucky seadog! From what I've been told, Lawrence's are even more rare than Golden-winged themselves - being the progeny of a hybrid that then mated with another Golden-winged. I week after I left my banding site last spring, the remaining crew caught a female Lawrence's. We'd never gotten any Golden-wingeds, though.

Where in CT did you see this beauty?

 

JANJ

Well-known member

• May 30, 2008

• #9

Nice one - and a great image .

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/mysteryfiles/answer

Classic paper:

http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Wilson/v063n01/p0005-p0015.pdf

JanJ

 

Motmot

Eduardo Amengual

• May 30, 2008

• #10

Here's some info on these beautiful birds:

http://www.birdersworld.com/default.aspx?c=ga&id=6&aid=732&archy=&archm=

 

Jeff Hopkins

Just another...observer

• May 30, 2008

• #11

Spectacular bird!

I've got a BBS block here in PA (in the Poconos) with several golden-wings and at least 2 Brewster's, but no Lawrence's (yet). So I'm a bit jealous.

 

BirderoftheNorth

Well-known member

• May 31, 2008

• #12

Cool bird!! It's definitely a Lawrence's--a hybrid I've seen only once before. (Seen a few Brewster's though...)

Actually, my first BW/GW type warbler was a Lawrence's.

 

arco13

Well-known member

• May 31, 2008

• #13

AlexC said:

Male Lawrence's! Wowza! Arco, you lucky seadog! From what I've been told, Lawrence's are even more rare than Golden-winged themselves - being the progeny of a hybrid that then mated with another Golden-winged. I week after I left my banding site last spring, the remaining crew caught a female Lawrence's. We'd never gotten any Golden-wingeds, though.

Where in CT did you see this beauty?

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Wow, thanks everyone for the cool comments. I feel really lucky now. :-O
Alex, dude. Not to far from New Haven. It's the Fairchild Wildflower Garden in Greenwich, CT. He was there last week too so if your are still in the area. He is in the meddow part. His call is just like the classic blue wing. Beee Buzzzzz....! Hope you get to see him. I messed up on the photo. Sucks!! He almost flew on my head. I didnt think he knew I was there. I had my camo on. lol! B B B :smoke:

here is a link - http://greenwich.audubon.org/AboutUs_AudubonCenter_Other_Fairchild.html

 

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