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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: mc on September 03, 2017, 04:39:43 PM

Title: Golden-winged or Hybrid - Mara Provincial Park Orillia
Post by: mc on September 03, 2017, 04:39:43 PM
i spotted this indiviual in Mara Provincial Park, Orillia on September 1st 2017.  i recorded it as a Golden-winged Warbler on ebird, however, after reviewing this article:

https://www.aba.org/birding/v37n3p278.pdf (https://www.aba.org/birding/v37n3p278.pdf)

i am wondering if it is a hybrid.  To me, it looks like the pic on page 4 (indicated as 281 on the page as it appears to have come from a magazine).

thoughts?

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4358/36199718343_15b816f47a.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/X9R25T)Golden-winged Warbler (Hybrid question mark) - Mara Provincial Park Orillia - 20170901 (1) (https://flic.kr/p/X9R25T) by mc birding (https://www.flickr.com/photos/130396495@N05/), on Flickr

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4374/36199715633_63f0fc4fd1.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/X9R1ha)Golden-winged Warbler (Hybrid question mark) - Mara Provincial Park Orillia - 20170901 (4) (https://flic.kr/p/X9R1ha) by mc birding (https://www.flickr.com/photos/130396495@N05/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Golden-winged or Hybrid - Mara Provincial Park Orillia
Post by: Reuven_M on September 03, 2017, 07:16:40 PM
Yes, definitely a hybrid. And a really pretty one at that! Often the hybrids are a little messier looking.
Title: Re: Golden-winged or Hybrid - Mara Provincial Park Orillia
Post by: mc on September 03, 2017, 07:33:07 PM
thanks so much reuven.....

so would i post as " Golden-winged/Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera/cyanoptera " on ebird??
Title: Re: Golden-winged or Hybrid - Mara Provincial Park Orillia
Post by: Reuven_M on September 04, 2017, 06:55:34 AM
Yes, or you can usee the more specific option for "brewster's warbler" which is the label for birds with this plumage
Title: Re: Golden-winged or Hybrid - Mara Provincial Park Orillia
Post by: mc on September 04, 2017, 11:06:53 AM
thanks again reuven!