Date:         Tue, 29 May 2001 23:45:47 -0400
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Sender:       Maryland Birds & Birding <MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM>
From:         Shireen Gonzaga <whimbrel@HOME.COM>
Subject:      weird warbler ID - help needed

Sorry for not posting this sooner -- been really
busy lately. Last Wednesday (May 23) evening, I
observed a very busy tree at Bombay Hook NWR.
It was swarming with Blackpolls, Magnolias,
Redstarts, and The Weird One.

Weird One was:
- gray from the forehead to lower back.
- faint yellow on lower flanks and undertail
  coverts
- faint yellow wingbars
- black eyeline (like Blue-winged ...
  see where I'm going with this?)
- white breast
- washed-out black throat

I was stumped then, and I'm stumped now. But I'm
starting to have some suspicions. Plate 3 (pg 48)
of Warblers by Dunn & Garrett has illustrations of
Brewster's and Lawrence's warbler. Weird One
seemed to borrow parts from all the illustrations.

Question to you expert warblerologists:
1) is this a variant of Brewster's, and how
   variant are the variants?
2) can I call it Gonzaga's Warbler? Pleaseeee? :-)

cheers,
 Shireen
 Baltimore

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