Perhaps my singing Black-capped Chickadee at Graveyard Fields yesterday
morning was a Black-capped/Carolina Chickadee hybrid. See [EMAS] Re:
Black-capped vs. Carolina Chickadee on BRP/Black Balsam Knob
<https://www.freelists.org/post/emas/Blackcapped-vs-Carolina-Chickadee-on-BRPBlack-Balsam-Knob,1>
and Warming Temperatures Are Pushing Two Chickadee Species—And Their
Hybrids—Northward
<https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/warming-temperatures-are-pushing-two-chickadee-species-and-their-hybrids-northward/>
.
You can view my autumn color photos here: Graveyard Fields Blue Ridge
Parkway 10/02/21 <https://photos.app.goo.gl/Eduhe6Xrc8HoLH3TA>.
Keith Viglietta
Polk County NC
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From: Keith Viglietta <boot72@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, Oct 2, 2021 at 4:01 PM
Subject: Black-capped Chickadee at Graveyard Fields
To: Blue Ridge Audubon Chapter <emas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Black-capped Chickadee singing *"hey sweetie"* above Graveyard Fields
<https://goo.gl/maps/2NpQ8v8UrVArGPYBA> this morning at 8:30 am.
Autumn colors are near peak at Graveyard Fields (see attached photo I took
this morning). Unfortunately, the weather forecast
<https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Black-Balsam-Knob/forecasts/1894>
calls for rain and thunderstorms starting tomorrow Sunday evening through
the next several days.
Keith Viglietta
Polk County NC
