SW Florida USA - long shot warbler (1 Viewer)

[Fandango739]

Seen today at Six Mile Slough in upper level of pines. It behaved much like a Black and White, hanging upside down on limbs. It had a double bar on the wings and a great deal more color than even the young Black and Whites I've seen.

Suggestions?

 

[Butty]

Black-and-white warbler.

 

[Fandango739]

Would it be possible for a B&W to hybridize with a Pine? This guy was real buffy - pale yellow.

 

[KC Foggin]

I believe I agree with Butty. Looks good for a B&W Warbler

 

[Fandango739]

Fair enough. Thank you both!

 

[Butty]

From the photos it doesn't look either real buffy or pale yellow, and I don't see any colouring that wouldn't be explained by low light, reflection and/or muck. Apart from being (I guess) gigantically unlikely, I don't see that considering pine warbler parentage would get you anywhere: they're not that colour on rear underparts.

 

[KenM]

Fair enough. Thank you both!

Fandango, 1st Winter and female B&W warblers “can” show a buff/cream wash to the flank and or underwing (as I could discern in your 1st image and no doubt would have been considerably enhanced by any sunlight “catching” the wash).…Have more faith in your own observations Fandango.

Cheers

 

[tom baxter]

It would probably be impossible for a Pine Warbler to hybridize with a Black-and-white Warbler. The pair has never been recorded, and they both have abundant overlapping breeding populations that allow for the opportunity to happen. Black-and-white and Worm-eating are the only eastern US warbler species that have streaked undertail coverts like this bird. Aside from the apparent white color of this bird, in the 2nd photo you can also see a white wingbar, which easily/conclusively rules out Worm-eating Warbler, not that it can't be ruled out without seeing that wingbar.