Charlie,

I had a Black-throated Gray Warbler in Discovery Park on Christmas day,
1997. Saw it with 2 friends. This confirms it. BTGW's are common after
September. All kidding aside, I really did see this bird.

Marv Breece
Seattle, WA
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Hobbs <Hummer at isomedia.com>
To: <Birdking88 at aol.com>; Tweeters (E-mail) <TWEETERS at u.washington.edu>
Sent: November 07, 2001 9:51 PM
Subject: Re: Marymoor Park Report (Redmond, King Co. WA) 11/7/2001


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Birdking88 at aol.com>
> > Hi Michael,
> > Glad you all got to enjoy this beautiful day. Do you really mean that
you
> > saw a Black-throated Gray Warbler today?? I scarcely see them after mid
> > September, and never after late September. But stranger things have
> happened...
> >
> > Charlie Wright, 13
> > Birdking88 at aol.com
>
>
> Hi Charlie - it surprised me too, because of the late date for
Black-throated
> Gray. But all 7 of us saw it, in the ash trees where the Blue-gray
Gnatcatcher
> was a few years ago.
>
> The latest we'd previously seen a BTYW at Marymoor was September 26
(2001).
> The latest I'd previously seen one in Washington was October 23 (2000) at
Lake
> Sammamish State Park.
>
> This adds a couple of weeks to that record.
>
> Does anyone have other November -- March sightings of this species?
>
> == Michael Hobbs
> == Kirkland WA
> == Hummer at isomedia.com
> == http://www.scn.org/fomp/birding.htm
>
>