Thanks to a tip from Jan & Larry Kraemer, I was able to relocate a "Brewster's"-type warbler late this morning among a small wave of warblers by the 43rd Street bus turn-around on Park Point. This individual generally resembled a normal Blue-winged Warbler with a black line through the eye, except that its yellow underparts were somewhat washed out, not as solidly colored and partially mixed with white, while the wing-bars were clearly broad and yellow like a Golden-winged.
In addition, I found another possible Brewster's-type hybrid this morning among a small group of warblers on the bay side of Park Point at 15th Street. This individual initially looked like a normal male Golden-winged Warbler, except that it appeared to have a narrower Blue-winged Warbler-like black line through the eye rather than a broader black mask. However, I was unable to clearly see the extent of black on its throat or to see if there was any yellow on the underparts. There were at least 11 warbler species in these two limited areas at Park Point today, after 2+ days of fog/drizzle/low overcast, and it is likely that the Kraemers or others saw some additional species to add to this total. Kim R Eckert, Duluth http://www.mbwbirds.com ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
