Here's a few more impressions of the "yellow-cheeked" warbler in Boot Canyon. Jerald Zimmerman and I were trying to get better views of the Flame-colored Tanager when I heard a warbler chip ahead on the trail. There was a Colima Warbler and this other warbler. I'm pretty good with the Black-throated Green Warbler chip and that didn't come to mind when I first heard it. The call might even have come from the Colima. I don't know the Colima chip note. When I first glimpsed it I thought I saw yellow, grey, black and white. I didn't note any green. I had a first thought of Townsend's Warbler but upon better view didn't see any yellow on the breast and Golden-cheeked Warbler came to mind. Anyway, instead of trying to study the bird more, I went for the camera and fired a few shots. Jerald's impression was that it was a Black-throated Green. I think the reason Golden-cheeked Warbler came to me so quickly was the fact that I saw one near the junction of the Colima and Southwest Rim trails on Aug 3, 2001 in the company of a Black-and-white Warbler. This was a nice black-backed bird that was easy to ID. Here are all my photos from 6/24/13. http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n610/antshrike/Black-throatedGreenWarblerBigBend6-24-13IMG_6601_zps7b0bf43c.jpg http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n610/antshrike/Black-throatedGreenWarblerBigBend6-24-13IMG_6602_zpsa2099b6e.jpg http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n610/antshrike/Black-throatedGreenWarblerBigBend6-24-13IMG_6603_zps4b8be324.jpg http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n610/antshrike/Black-throatedGreenWarblerBigBend6-24-13IMG_6604_zps5284ea64.jpg http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n610/antshrike/Black-throatedGreenWarblerBigBend6-24-13IMG_6605_zpsbe20b5cf.jpg http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n610/antshrike/Black-throatedGreenWarblerBigBend6-24-13IMG_6606_zps2ccb3a80.jpg http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n610/antshrike/Black-throatedGreenWarblerBigBend6-24-13IMG_6607_zpsb979c28e.jpg http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n610/antshrike/Black-throatedGreenWarblerBigBend6-24-13IMG_6608_zps69eb3d14.jpg http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n610/antshrike/Black-throatedGreenWarblerBigBend6-24-13IMG_6609_zps9d52dbb9.jpg I searched through lots of images on line and couldn't find a Golden-cheeked Warbler with a dark cheek patch. All of the Townsend's photos showed at least some yellow on the breast. But there sure doesn't appear to be any yellow around the vent so that would tend to rule out Black-throated Green. I guess a hybrid is a possibility with Black-throated Green X Townsend's. But take a look at this. http://www.xenornis.com/2011/03/latest-on-that-2008-warbler.html So now we're back to Golden-cheeked? I'll post these photos on ID Frontiers and see what they have to say. To answer Mitch's question about the hummer. It was way too big for Calliope or Bumblebee Hummer. There were two Selasphorus chasing each other and being chased by the Magnificent. I can't say that both of them were so bright rufous below. Dan Jones, Weslaco Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission from the List Owner
