HI:
FYI

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Ian Paulsen
Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
A.K.A.: "Birdbooker"
"Rallidae all the way!"

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Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 08:47:58 -0700
From: Don Cecile <dcecile at TELUS.NET>
To: BIRDWG01 at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Subject: [BIRDWG01] Prairie X Yellow Warbler Hybrids

Recently, a bird was photographed in the Vancouver BC area that appears to be a hybrid Yellow X Prairie Warbler.
I am curious about this hybrid combination. This bird is a male and has faint maroon breast markings of Yellow yet it has a dark black line over bill to below its eye, a thin black line behind the eye and a hint of a black line above the eye. It is also rather greenish with gray wings. Assuming this is the correct identification, is this hybrid combination very frequent?
Although no vocalizations were described for this bird, I suspect it may be the result of a misplaced Prairie Warbler that could not find a mate and as a result, settled for a Yellow Warbler. It would seem extremely unlikely that an eastern pairing of these two would result in a western occurrence of such a hybrid....

I would appreciate any information on this combination or on the identification of this odd bird.
If you are interested in photos of the bird see: http://members.shaw.ca/tshermer/birds/2005-06-19/

Cheers,

Don


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