Subject: Re: Black-throated grey warbler
Date: Mar 6 09:14:58 1998
From: Rob Saecker - rsaecker at thurston.com


At 8:06 AM -0800 3/5/98, S&C Richardson wrote:
>
>I've been under the impression Black-throated Gray Warblers return in May, or
>late April maybe. Their songs can be similar to Townsend's, which would
>probably winter at or near Frye Cove County Park. Other thoughts?
>--
And Michael Price wrote:
>No second-guessing you here, but how the heck do you separate Black-throated
>Grey from Townsend's on voice alone?

Well, I've proven myself to be quite second-guessable, haven't I Michael?
And done it again, it looks like. So, having had BTGW breeding in the
neighborhood last year (seen and heard), and having not yet seen TOWA here,
and not realizing that it's too early for BTGW to be here, I assumed I was
hearing BTGW without checking it out. Lousy excuses for sloppy birding, for
which I apologize, and *promise* to do better. (It sure is easy to screw up
in this bird business. Sigh).

Rob Saecker
Olympia