[texbirds] Re: More images of Black-throated Green Warbler at Big Bend
- From: Jim Peterson <texasbirdimages@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: antshrike1@xxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 12:51:28 -0500
Here is an image of a Townsends x BTGW from
texasbirdimages.com<https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YtltO9xaeu4/Ua5kLla6n_I/AAAAAAAAP_I/NyGdILEGg-0/s1600/btgr-gal-4-22-11-lr.jpg>(Lora
Render)
Food for thought on this thread.
Jim Peterson, Dallas
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 11:35 AM, <antshrike1@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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 Sou
> thwest 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.
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> http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n610/antshrike/Black-throatedGreenWarblerBigBend6-24-13IMG_6604_zps5284ea64.jpg
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> http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n610/antshrike/Black-throatedGreenWarblerBigBend6-24-13IMG_6605_zpsbe20b5cf.jpg
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> 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.
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> http://www.xenornis.com/2011/03/latest-on-that-2008-warbler.html
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> So now we're back to Golden-cheeked? I'll post these photos on ID
> Frontiers and see what they have to say.
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> 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.
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> Dan Jones, Weslaco
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