[NatureNS] Update on the Hermit Warbler

Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:34:59 -0400
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30 November 2008

The Hermit Warbler was present repeatedly in the pines bordering the 
Black Rock Beach parking lot in Pt. Pleasant Park between 0730 and 
1030, when I left.   Everyone among the many who were present seeking 
the bird managed to see it.   It was very active, and though easy to 
spot, it was constantly in motion, and so difficult to view well for 
very long, and difficult to photograph.   But as more observers add 
their impressions to the mix, and as more photos are taken, there is 
an increasing suspicion that the bird may be a hybrid between a 
Hermit Warbler and a Townsend's Warbler, perhaps a back-cross between 
a hybrid and a pure adult.   This is all speculation, and a closer 
examination of photos will have to be made.

The warbler was not directly associating with any other birds or 
chickadee  flocks, though other birds passed through the pines, or 
otherwise were seen nearby, including 3 Orange-crowned Warblers, 2 
Pine Warblers, and a Palm Warbler, which appeared to be a western 
race individual.

Good birding,


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Blake Maybank
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Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds"

author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia"
http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS.htm

White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada 

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