I easily relocated the Blue-winged Warbler this afternoon at Welchester Tree Park (Jeff Co) at the previously noted location on the northeast side of the park, however he was singing a mostly Golden-winged Warbler song the entire 15 min I watched him (or was in range of him). He only sang the last 3 notes of the "Bee buzz buzz buzz" of the Golden-winged Warbler song. Although he is phenotypically a Blue-winged, I'm sure he has some Golden-winged genes in him. The species regularly hybridize where they overlap and I've seen both species sing a spot on song of the other species in Tennessee (where both breed and there is occasional hybridization). I've mostly seen Golden-winged sing a perfect Blue-winged song and have only seen 1 or 2 Blue-winged's sing a Golden-winged song. He's still a Blue-winged, but I doubt he's a pure bird. I need to go back and get a recording of this guy!
Cheers, Scott Somershoe Littleton, CO On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 3:36 PM, Peter Gent <[email protected]> wrote: > All, > > Having found no rare warblers in Boulder this morning, Joanie Kleypas and > I wandered down to the Welchester Tree Park off 8th Avenue in Jefferson > County. Around 9:15 we wended our way to the east end of the park by the > creek. There we found a lady looking at the singing male Blue-winged > Warbler. It was near the very top of a 10' high young tree, about 50 yards > east of the boundary fence and about 20 yards north of the creek. It > seemed to like this perch and sang there for a while. > > Cheers, Peter Gent. > Boulder CO. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADEFvCdpezWZL1qw_KKf419uk6EAiv2AHL4pPoHxBHmahciCXQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADEFvCdpezWZL1qw_KKf419uk6EAiv2AHL4pPoHxBHmahciCXQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAJmtx%2BXySiX%2BJK44A3eRWabjHDYwzpEao5hZrsytbKdzgVUsyg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
