Michelle Haglund
"there is still good in this world and it's worth fighting for”...*Sam
Gamgee*
On Tue, Apr 7, 2026 at 9:33 PM Philip Unitt via groups.io <unitt=
<cox.net...> wrote:
> Dear friends,
>
> Has anyone considered the possibility that this bird could be *Foudia
> madagascariensis*? Back in 1991 I got a call from a woman who said she
> had been seeing a pair of Vermilion Flycatchers around her house in La Mesa
> for about 6 weeks, then the male flew into a window and killed itself. I
> asked her to bring it to the San Diego Natural History Museum, and when I
> saw the specimen, what was my surprise to see it was not a Vermilion
> Flycatcher but a species of the weaver family from Madagascar. Now catalog
> number 47510 in the museum's research collection of birds. So there is a
> precedent.
>
> Good birding,
>
> Philip Unitt
> San Diego
> On Tuesday, April 7, 2026 at 07:16:46 AM PDT, Mark Stratton via groups.io
> <zostropz...> wrote:
>
>
> The Hybrids for Flame-colored and Western do have a cheek patch, I believe
> it's a lighter patch and maybe even greenish if I remember correctly. I
> didn't notice one on the Wing St. bird.
>
> Mark Stratton
> Escondido
>
> On Mon, Apr 6, 2026 at 7:36 PM Susan Smith via groups.io <seiurus=
> <aol.com...> wrote:
>
> Has Western x Flame-colored Tanager hybrid been eliminated? I think some
> have showed up in AZ.
>
> Susan Smith
> Seiurus Biological Consulting
> Del Mar, CA
> <seiurus...>
>
>
> On Monday, April 6, 2026 at 06:32:57 PM PDT, Andrew N via groups.io
> <floodshark...> wrote:
>
>
> For record keeping sake, that bird has been floating around there for at
> least a week. Flew under the radar on Michelle H's checklist from the 30th.
>
> https://ebird.org/atlascalifornia/checklist/S314926459 >
> --
> Susan Smith
> Seiurus Biological Consulting
> Del Mar, CA
>
>
>
>
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