Subject: Re. OCWA ssp.
Date: Nov 18 08:43:49 1998
From: "Bowling,Jack [PYR]" - Jack.Bowling at ec.gc.ca


Max - Having had experience with most of the OCWA races in BC and Yukon, I
cannot fathom how banders could be picking up _lutescens_ OCWA in the
Rockies. Certainly we P.G.ers have never seen anything remotely close to one
- only gray-headed interior races.

I certainly hope that the interior banders are not mistaking hatch year
Tennessee Warblers for OCWA. Young Tenns are *very* yellow all over and
could easily be mistaken for lutescent OCWA unless the telltale white
undertail coverts of TEWA are noted. OCWA have yellow undertail coverts in
all plumages (and a different bill shape). You may want to check this out
with your master banders.

- Jack Bowling
writing from Dease Lake, BC