Stu, Several weeks ago on a trip with SFO classes we saw that winged warbler at the Park Preserve and heard it sing the same song you have described. Despite my best efforts at producing something different, it is (unfortunately) a Blue-winged Warbler (at least by appearance).
--Sandy Podulka At 04:12 PM 5/24/2010, Stuart Krasnoff wrote: >Sorry for the late and lengthy post. The gist of it is there's a >Canada Warbler singing very close to Hammond Hill Rd. near Irish >Settlement and a winged warbler of indeterminate parentage in the >Park Preserve not-seen but-heard singing alot like a Golden-winged. > >Details and other highlights are as follows: After a visit to Salt >Pt., which was alive with Orchard Orioles, Willow Flycatchers, >Warbling Vireos and Yellow Warblers early yesterday (Sunday) >morning, I headed up to Hammond Hill and ran into Sandy, Bill, and >Lisa Podulka who, along with Lynn Leopold, directed me to a Canada >Warbler singing on the brushy slope above the road near the >intersection with Irish Settlement Rd. I headed back down to the >spot, quickly located the bird by ear, and then persisted for 15 >minutes before getting a glimpse of it. A little later I got better >views of either the same bird and or a second one ca. 100 yards up >the road on the same side. This time the song lacked the distinct >chip note before the burst that I'd heard in the earlier bout of >singing leading me to think it might be a second bird. > >I then went to the Park Preserve where I walked down the Blue Trail >past a singing a Blue-winged Warbler, an Alder Flycatcher along the >creek, and other expected residents. Near the beginning of the Red >Trail I heard a singing Magnolia Warbler in the spruces and while >trying to get a look at it, a Yellow-billed Cuckoo with nesting >material in its bill popped out of a nearby spruce 20 feet away at >eye-level and retreated just as I got it focussed in my scope for a >digishot that never happened. As I continued to look for the >Magnolia the cuckoo popped out twice, each time retreating before I >could get off a shot. > >Just past where the Red Trail meets the Orange Trail a Prairie >Warbler was singing persistently in a clearing (with several 20-foot >white pines that have had their lower branches neatly trimmed) and >while I was maneuvering to locate him I heard a winged warbler >singing a 5-syllable song that sounds like the first sample of >Golden-winged Warbler on the Stokes Guide CD. I did not see the >bird, but I recorded the song and got opinions from knowledgeable >birders that range from possible Golden-winged, through probable >hybrid, to possible Blue-winged singing Golden-winged. I will try >to post an mp3 to the web, but in the meantime if anyone is >interested please contact me off-list and I will send the sound file by email. > >Today, a little past noon, I went back and after several >circumambulations I located what I think is the same bird, singing >the same song-variant that I recorded yesterday. I recorded it >again today. I found this bird on the blue trail just past (if >you're headed in) where the red trail branches off to the right. It >was in or near some white pines that sit above the end of the narrow >goldenrod meadow that runs along the creek. Once again I did not >see the bird but heard it close to the trail and then down in the >thick brush at the end of the meadow, so it was 150 to 200 yards >away from where I heard it yesterday and moving yet further away >when I left. On the way out today on the Blue trail pretty close >to the lean-to I heard and saw what I believe is the same Blue >Winged Warbler I digiscoped yesterday and then I am pretty sure I >heard yet another Blue-winged singing bee-bizz while the first one foraged. > >One more thing...on the way into the Park Preserve today I heard a >Raven croaking and looked up to see a Turkey Vulture, a Red-tailed >Hawk, 6-8 crows, and the noisy Raven gyring about and mixing it up. > >Best...Stuart > > > > > > > > > > >-- > >Cayugabirds-L List Info: >http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME >http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > >ARCHIVES: >1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html >2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html >3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > >Please submit your observations to eBird: >http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > >-- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
