Hi all, John Garrett found an apparent Audubon's Yellow-rumped Warbler at the Ithaca Farmers Market on Christmas Eve (checklist <https://ebird.org/checklist/S157044345>), a bird which eluded observers for some time until Dave Nutter refound it near the bridge to Renwick Woods and Stewart Park late this morning. I caught up with it a little later today and got some more photos, as well as a recording of the chip calls. I was struck by John's initial photos that it was quite a dull individual, but it was clearly not a pure Myrtle either. Seeing (and especially hearing) it in person today, I suspect it's probably a Myrtle x Audubon's intergrade. The chip calls were somewhat intermediate between the two but tending more towards Myrtle, and some of the other characteristics seemed intermediate as well. My checklist with photos and the recording is here <https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S158655867>, and I'll add more details once I have a chance to study some more intergrades. A very interesting bird either way, so kudos to John and now Dave for picking up on a subtle individual.
Also, a bird that looks good to me for a Tufted Duck x scaup sp. hybrid was sleeping in the Aythya flock not far from the continuing adult male Tufted Duck off the east end of Stewart Park around the same time (checklist <https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S158655877>). Jay -- Jay McGowan jw...@cornell.edu -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
