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Date: 5/28/26 4:31 pm From: Andrew McGann via CTBirds <ctbirds...> Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Merlin, beware!
D’Edcjyj B S me I’ll m km I’ll Salut Greg, Merci pour l'info. C'est intéressant de voir comment le Vermont gère ces protocoles de signalement dans eBird, surtout avec leur population de Parulines à ailes dorées. Je vais aller jeter un œil à cet article pour voir comment leurs directives ont évolué. Merci encore pour le partage. Bonne observation, Andy McGann On Monexe Dr « 6E, May 22, 2023 at 1:15 PM Gregory Hanisek < <ctgregh...> wrote: > Thanks Andy. For anyone interested, a Google search for Winged-warblers in > Vermont should lead to an article on the subject that contains a link to a > protocol VT established for reporting the various forms in eBird. This is > based on VT still having a viable Golden-winged fr’dur > ex > population along L Champlain (dt tnot surequires e how fast this is > changing; this document ris a few years old). > > Greg Hanisek > Waterbury > > On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 1:04 PM Andrew McGann via CTBirds < > <ctbirds...> wrote: > >> Hey all, >> >> To be clear, this is an issue with Golden-winged and Blue-winged >> Warblers, not with Merlin. The hybrid zone that rapidly shifted over the >> last 30 years has muddied the waters with what songs these species have >> learned. When I did Cornell “GOWAP” (Golden-winged Warbler Atlas Project) >> surveys using a tape (yes, an actual cassette tape) playback protocol >> across a swath of Pennsylvania in 2004, we had to visually confirm every >> GWWA/BWWA or hybrid, and both species responded to each other’s songs. >> >> Don’t expect Merlin to differentiate BWWA vs GWWA when the birds >> themselves don’t. >> >> It’s similar to the Black-capped Chickadee and Carolina Chickadee >> identification issue, except those species are also much more difficult to >> separate visually, especially where the populations are in contact and >> there is a significant population of hybrids. Those birds are only >> definitively identified by DNA! >> >> There is a conservative “slash” entry (not the “X”, which means hybrid) >> in eBird for this very reason. Narrowing an identification down to 2 >> species is pretty good, so don’t hesitate to reach for BWWA/GWWA if you >> don’t get a good look at it. >> >> Just be thankful that the chickadee hybrid zone isn’t changing as fast as >> the Winged Warblers. >> >> Good birding, >> Andy McGann >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> -- >> Andy McGann >> New Haven, CT >> >> > On May 21, 2023, at 4:58 PM, Brian Lombardo via CTBirds < >> <ctbirds...> wrote: >> > >> > On the other hand, at one point Merlin kept reporting a Chesnut-sided >> warbler, repeatedly, well before we heard it ourselves. But taking >> Merlin's suggestion, we spent some time searching it out and eventually >> heard it and saw it. It's a helpful tool, I think, but just that. >> > Brian Lombardo >> > Hartford >> > >> > Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg> >> > ________________________________ >> > From: Katrina Stewart via CTBirds <ctbirds...> >> > Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2023 6:00:33 PM >> > Cc: <ctbirds...> <ctbirds...> >> > Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Merlin, beware! >> > >> > Had one of those at Lake Saltonstall this morning only Merlin didn't >> pick >> > it up as either species and it could be heard loud and clear. It was >> > not easy to get binos on but I finally did! >> > >> > -Katrina >> > >> >> On Sun, May 21, 2023 at 3:40 PM John Weeks via CTBirds < >> >> <ctbirds...> wrote: >> >> >> >> At Dismal Brook Wildlife Preserve in Granby — Just saw a Blue-winged >> >> Warbler singing the second variant of the Golden-winged Warbler’s song >> on >> >> the David Sibley app. Be still, my beating heart. >> >> >> >> John Weeks >> >> North Granby >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> >> CTBirds, a service of Connecticut Ornithological Association - Bringing >> >> birders together statewide. 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