[TN-Bird] Interesting Sighting

While walking on Island 40 Road located on a WMA adjacent to Shelby 
Forest State Park on October 26, I ran into a flock of kinglets that  
included warble. I had been looking for an Orange-Crowned, as this area 
is an excellent habitat . At first glance this possibility was ruled 
out, although the bird had a broken eye-ring, but the one on this bird 
was only below the eye and was white. The supercillium was also white 
as was the vent. The clincher was the small almost rectangular white 
patch at the base of the primaries. It was the first Black-throated 
Blue Warbler (female not immature) that I have ever seen in Shelby 
County.
Black-throated Blues nest on our farm in Western Maryland, so I am 
quite familiar white all their plumages, but this sighting was very 
interesting for me as these warblers are  unusual in West Tennessee.   
A  pair was sight several years ago on October 27 according to the SC 
Seasonal Occurrences.
Four Winter Wrens and a Hermit Thrush were also present plus all the 
possible Woodpeckers except a Hairy.
Virginia Reynolds
Memphis, N
Shelby County

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