Matt's excellent post about the importance of getting visuals on
Golden-winged/Blue-winged types on Old Legislative Rd reminded me of a
recent experience with a different group of warblers. A few weeks ago, my
brother Mike and I were walking at Finzel Swamp and heard a Hooded Warbler
singing in the parking lot. Something seemed slightly off to me, whether it
was a nuance to the song, or the habitat, or whatever, so I decided to
track the singing bird down. When I found it on a branch, I was shocked at
what I saw: a perfectly typical male Black-throated Blue Warbler. On our
way back out of the swamp, we crossed paths with Jared and Victoria Fisher
who had also heard the Hooded Warbler. We gave them the funny news that it
was a Black-throated Blue Warbler. Thankfully, Jared was able to later
track it down too and get some video footage of the bird singing. He posted
it on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIBTYmz1f_A

I'm learning more and more not to take anything for granted!

Rob Ostrowski
Crofton, MD


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