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Duke Forest "Brewster's Warbler"!
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Duke Forest "Brewster's Warbler"!
- From: Jeff Pippen <jspippen@duke.edu>
- Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 22:46:01 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Birders,
While birding the Shepherd Nature Trail in Duke Forest today, I
encountered Amelie (fellow Carolinabirdser) and her friend Laura. (It
was nice to meet y'all). After searching for quite a while, we finally
found a couple of nice flocks including the following highlights:
1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1 Swainson's Thrush
1 White-eyed Vireo
2 N. Parula
1 Magnolia Warbler
2 Blackburnian Warbler
4 Am. Redstart
1 Worm-eating Warbler
2 Scarlet Tanager
After birding together for a while, I needed to get home for dinner, so I
left them with a flock and hustled back toward the beginning of the
trail. Just before the trailhead, some more warbler activity caught my
eye and I spotted a nice Blue-winged Warbler and my first NC "Brewster's
Warbler"! I hope Laura & Amelie relocated these birds! "Brewster's
Warbler" is the designation given to certain hybrids between Blue-winged
and Golden-winged Warblers. This particular bird showed mostly white
underparts with a little yellow smudge in the upper breast area. The
wings had a large gold patch (like an adult male Golden-winged), but the
head pattern was more like a Blue-winged. Neat bird!
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Jeff Pippen jspippen@duke.edu
Biology Dept. Box 90338
Duke University, Durham, NC 27708 PH: (919) 660-7278
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