Northern Parula x Black-throated Gray Warbler (hybrid) - Nathan Goldberg

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Northern Parula x Black-throated Gray Warbler (hybrid) Setophaga americana x nigrescens

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Location

Nichols Creek
Carbon, Montana, United States
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Map
Map Coordinates: 45.1569245, -109.3148661
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified

Observation details

***First eBird record of this hybrid pair. After consulting with Marshall Iliff and a number of others, we landed on this hybrid taxa as the best option for this individual. Comments from the day of observation are below: **Rare. Insane, Chris and Nathan both heard the textbook Northern Parula “ziiiiip” song, and Nathan then quickly located the bird in a dead pine. Shooting a burst of photos, the bird then flew out and strongly up-creek (to the north), never to be seen or heard from again. Photos revealed a very perplexing warbler, with Parula traits, but also strong auricular patches, large white eye-arcs, and a bluish back. Not even sure it’s a Parula X Cerulean, but putting it down as such until we figure it out. A crazy record, whatever it is…

Technical information

Model
Canon EOS R5
Lens
EF300mm f/4L IS USM
ISO
100
Focal length
300 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire
f-stop
f/5.6
Shutter speed
1/640 sec
Dimensions
547 pixels x 365 pixels
Original file size
273.97 KB