Friday evening (18 April 2008) about 6:15pm I had an adult male "AUDUBON'S" YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER in the woods in our yard in west Knox Co, TN. It was in nearly full breeding plumage. It was keeping company with a "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler. I had been mowing the yard and stopped to refuel and get a drink before finishing up the back. I noticed some warbler activity in the trees and went to get the binoculars. From the deck I spotted two Yellow-rumped Warblers. One was giving a whisper song that sounded a bit odd. I finally got a good view of both birds which were coming well into breeding plumage. I noted the white throat on one of the birds and it hit me, 'wait, that other one had a yellow throat, that's not right.' I've been travelling so much lately it took a second for it to sink in that I shouldn't be seeing an Audubon's here in TN. The two birds were in close company and I was able to make a good comparison between them for a couple of minutes. After I felt I had seen all the necessary field marks, I ran inside to get the camera but the birds were gone when I had gotten back. They had been working their way along the ridge while I had watched them. The "Audubon's" was a very dark bird overall with a dark un-patterned head with white eye-crescents and yellow throat. The two white wingbars were connected forming a large white patch with some thin vertical black markings between the two wingbars. In addition to the yellow throat, there was yellow in the usual places including the crown, on the upper flanks, and the "pat of butter" on the rump. The yellow throat was clearly defined along the edges. The "Myrtle" was typical and differed by having a bright white throat, whitish supercillum and pale surrounding the dark ear-patch making the earpatch stand out giving a very different look from the unpatterned, dark head of the "Audubon's". I listened to the "Audubon's" song on the Stokes' Western CDs and feel it is a good match to the song I heard. This is the second "Audubon's" Warbler I've found in TN (the first was along the Clinch River near Eagle Bend Fish Hatchery in Anderson County on the Norris CBC a few years ago. I've seen hundreds of "Audubon's" in the west (mostly in CA) and thousands of "Myrtle". "Audubon's" Warbler is a Review (sub)Species in TN. Oh, and I guess this is yardbird #152.5 :-) Dean Edwards Knoxville, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ EXCELLENT MAP RESOURCES Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________