ML646237750
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scan of original slide (photograph by Geoff Dennis)
观察细节
The first record for Maine and for New England, this bird was found and photographed by Geoff Dennis (Perkins 1998; see page 307). Two photographs were published (see page 405 here). Two of those and a third were submitted to the Maine Bird Records Committee and added here courtesy of Geoff Dennis (scans of original slides). An account of the sighting was later published by Despres (2000; see page 19), including analysis of the identification by Jon Dunn, who was sent the photographic slides for comment at the time. Despres, J. 2000. The Spring Migration: 1 March - 31 May 1998. Maine Bird Notes 11(1):19. Perkins, S. 1998. The Spring Migration: New England Region. Field Notes 52(3):303–307. Personal recollection of the events by Geoff Dennis written 1 December 2025, below. I was on Monhegan from May 14-25, 1998. It was my second time going there, having first gone in 1996. Birding had been slow, likely because the wind had been from the northeast for successive days. Some birders had even left the island due to a lack of birds. On the afternoon of May 21, I was heading north, towards town on the main road. I was approaching Donna Cundy's yard. A small bird flew over my head from behind and landed in an apple tree in front of me, the tree next to Donna's fuel tank in the SW corner of her yard. I brought my binocs up and saw a bird I did not recognize. I began taking pictures. The bird spent just under a minute in the tree, and when it departed, it flew east, out across Donna's yard. I had no idea what the bird was, but felt I had a few decent shots of it for ID-ing. I had locked in the field marks in my head, but was very hesitant to say anything for the understandable credibility issue of a fairly new birder...which I felt I was. I had been birding for 3 years at the point. I did mention it to two birders on the island: Howie Neilson and Fred Thurber. And I stopped by Tom Martin's on my way by his place to tell him. Tom said it was a Nashville Warbler. He didn't have a western Peterson's, nor did I. Both of us only had the Eastern Peterson's. I left it as an aberrant plumaged, Nashville Warbler. It wasn't until I returned home and was on the phone scheduling something with a friend while looking at a wall calendar. The calendar was a Massachusetts Audubon calendar that was a Christmas gift from a sister-in-law living in Maine. The calendar had multiple bird illustrations on each month. The illustrations were by John Sill. I recognized one of the illustrations on the month I was looking at as being the mystery bird I had seen on the island. It was labeled a Virginia's Warbler. Once off the phone, I grabbed my western Peterson's, looked up the bird, and knew that's what I had seen. The slides were already in the mail for developing. They made it back safely and confirmed VIWA. I got in touch with David Emerson, here in RI. He told me about Peter Vickery. David had contact info and suggested I contact Peter, which I did.
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