Posting for Eric Cole - questions to Eric at [email protected]
I have no additional knowledge of the report or reporter.
There is a possible singing male Hermit Warbler in Glenmajor, on the Oak
Ridge Morraine. This afternoon walking there, I was caught by a song I
didn't recognize. I eventually saw the bird high up in a tree. I
thought it must be a BT Green, as there are some on territory there.
However, there was no streaking on the white breast and a very clear
black chin and throat that stopped abruptly above the breast. The head
was yellow but not quite as bright as the male is shown in bird books. I
had no field guide with me and so I just thought it was a really sharp
BT green, with a way-off song. It was only when I got home and checked
books and songs that I realised the bird was likely a Hermit warbler.
The song I heard and the recordings I listened to definitely matched, I
had never heard it before. More like a Parula song than a BT green. I
wish I'd stayed longer but I had kids calling me on.To get there, go
north up Lakeridge from Whitby to Concession 9. Turn left into Balsam,
about 1km, then turn north(right) up Sideroad 4. Go past the railway
tracks, past the house with the ponds til you some to the parking area
on the left. Park and walk up the main trail on the left of the parking
lot. Walk up the trail about a half a km. The bird was singing and
moving about high in the trees above the trail. If you reach the wooden
bridge across the creek you have gone too far.Eric Cole
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Mark Cranford
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Mississauga, ON
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