Subject: [Tweeters] Strange warbler family in Seattle
Date: Tue Jul 7 14:10:45 PDT 2020
From: Matt Bartels - mattxyz at earthlink.net

First you took our crows away, now you are going to lump all our warblers - I knew it!
That Slager…..

Matt Bartels
Seattle, WA


> On Jul 7, 2020, at 10:31 AM, Dave Slager <dave.slager at gmail.com> wrote:

>

> Tweeters,

>

> This morning I saw a real oddity at Carkeek Park in Seattle: An adult Wilson's Warbler feeding a fledgling Black-throated Gray Warbler. At first I thought my eyes must be making a mistake, but I watched 7 feeding events, so it was the real deal. The youngster did not appear to be a hybrid.

>

> I can think of a few ways this might have come about, but they all sound pretty far-fetched. I've never seen anything like this before. Has anyone out there in Tweeterdom seen something like this, or heard about an instance?

>

> In case anyone is interested in looking for it, it was right by the Honey Bucket in the middle of Carkeek Park, just below the water treatment facility.

>

> Dave Slager

> Seattle, WA

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