Don't forget the Seattle Hooded (a male) over the winter of 1975-1976. I
believe it was found ca. December 30 and stayed until early April.

Gene Hunn.
hunn at u.washington.edu

At 03:37 PM 12/13/99 -0800, you wrote:
>Just to add a correction to Wayne Weber's article on the Hooded Warbler
>in Sechelt B.C., this is in fact the third record for B.C.and the second
>record for the winter.Previous to Rick Toochin's excellent find was a
>record from Tofino of a female from the 14-16 December 1989 which was
>photographed*. I would suggest that with 3 records that forms some sort
>of a vagrancy pattern for the west coast of British Columbia,and that we
>should all look carefully at any yellow type Warbler which is out of
>season,as at least 5 species can easly be confused i.e. Yellow,Wilson's
>Hooded,Common Yellowthroat and possibly Orange-crowned Warbler
>
>*Kieth Taylor's A Birders Guide to Vancouver Island 1994
>
>Derrick Marven
>Duncan B.C.
>Land of the hybrid
>marven at home.com
>