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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: takkatakka on April 27, 2019, 12:48:22 PM

Title: Hermit Warbler?
Post by: takkatakka on April 27, 2019, 12:48:22 PM: Could this be a Hermit Warbler?

I found it at Thickson Woods at about 10:00 this morning. As you can see in the photos, there are almost no markings on the face, the black does not extend onto the throat, and there is no streaking under the wing. There is also a another view of the bird in the reply below.

Thanks for helping with the ID of this bird, Jax Nasimok
Title: Re: Hermit Warbler?
Post by: takkatakka on April 27, 2019, 12:48:52 PM: Here is the additional view.
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Post by: Rotarran on April 27, 2019, 01:08:15 PM: Wow that's a very interesting find. I think it might be, I have forwarded it to a couple of ID experts..hopefully I hear back soon and update you.
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Post by: tangara on April 27, 2019, 01:54:42 PM: This is definitely a Hermit Warbler. Where in the woods was it seen, how high up and was it with any other birds?
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Post by: Rotarran on April 27, 2019, 01:55:02 PM: Just heard back from one, they say 100% Hermit Warbler. Astonishing find.
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Post by: Rotarran on April 27, 2019, 02:08:18 PM: If you can provide more details as to the exact location you saw it etc that would be great.
Title: Re: Hermit Warbler?
Post by: takkatakka on April 27, 2019, 02:37:55 PM: Hi, thanks for the confirmation.

I spotted the Hermit Warbler on first loop to the right of the main path on the South-West corner. It didn't seem to be associating with any other birds at the time. It was about two thirds of the way up the tree. It was not singing at the time. It was originally in some deciduous trees before flying into the cedars at the tip of the loop. Good luck to those going look for it.
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Post by: thouc on April 28, 2019, 09:07:43 AM: Great find!
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Post by: Steve Hood on April 28, 2019, 11:30:14 AM: Over 100 birders were looking at the bird in a far off tree at Thicksons Woods this morning.
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Post by: Shortsighted on April 28, 2019, 12:47:33 PM: Miraculous coincidence that anyone should discover that lone Hermit warbler.
Of all the woodlots, in all the lakeside habitats, in all of Ontario it happens to fly into our neck of the woods.
A hermit indeed, to travel so far, to wander to the metaphorical delta quadrant, way beyond its normal environment
in order to get away from its own kind. A mate? Not likely.
100 birders eh, there are fanatics among us.To glimpse it from afar in such numbers must have given the
US hermit a freight. Blessed be the birder that first discovered it, while the woods were still as quiet as it
should be and devoid of throngs of worshipers. Maybe it will come back to the spot it was first sighted after
the circus has left town.
Title: Re: Hermit Warbler?
Post by: Dinusaur on April 28, 2019, 04:38:33 PM: Amazing find. I managed to see and photograph it in the morning with hundred others, including Steve above.