<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Kellie,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">First -- We've seen many, in fact mostly, hybrid Hermit x Townsend's warblers in that area. I enjoy the challenge of birding by ear, my high frequency hearing is very good, and I can't tell the difference between the songs of Hermit Warbler, Townsend's Warbler, and hybrid Hermit x Townsend's Warbler that I see and hear. Bach's Sheep May Safely Graze has a motif that each of the three sing:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK_p1vay-AY" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK_p1vay-AY</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Based on my visual with auditory observations, I doubt accurate auditory identification distinction can be made between them, at least anywhere near areas like the area near Trout Lake where overlap between Hermit & Townsend's occurs.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Similarly, it would be easy to misidentify one of these three visually. There's a very good description, with a nice set of cover color illustrations available online, an Auk journal article.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">The Auk Volume 115 Number 2 April 1998 pages 284 - 310</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"> THREE HYBRID ZONES BETWEEN HERMIT AND TOWNSEND'S
WARBLERS IN WASHINGTON AND OREGON
SIEVERT ROHWER • AND CHRISTOPHER WOOD
Burke Museum and Department of Zoology, Box 353010, University of Washington,
Seattle, Washington 98195, USA <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">I downloaded it & printed it out and have carried it with us whenever we've visited the area.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Front page in color:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><a href="https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v115n02/front.pdf" target="_blank">https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v115n02/front.pdf</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Body text:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><a href="https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v115n02/p0284-p0310.pdf" target="_blank">https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v115n02/p0284-p0310.pdf</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">We've often camped at Pineside Sno-Park (a parking lot).</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sno-Park:+Pineside/@46.0130563,-121.5270951,7822m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x5496678335de9e69:0x6f46feb695c9333d!2sTrout+Lake,+WA+98650!3b1!8m2!3d45.9973427!4d-121.5281369!3m4!1s0x54965c3979a1dc67:0xcd0e550fb9e78eea!8m2!3d46.048887!4d-121.499662!5m1!1e4" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sno-Park:+Pineside/@46.0130563,-121.5270951,7822m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x5496678335de9e69:0x6f46feb695c9333d!2sTrout+Lake,+WA+98650!3b1!8m2!3d45.9973427!4d-121.5281369!3m4!1s0x54965c3979a1dc67:0xcd0e550fb9e78eea!8m2!3d46.048887!4d-121.499662!5m1!1e4</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">It's 4 miles (straight line distance) north-northeast of Trout Lake Ranger Station, just east of the Mt. Adams Recreation Area Road, a.k.a. NF-8225.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">The first time we camped there we were serenaded by Northern Saw-whet Owls. We've heard them at night every subsequent visit. We don't harass them. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><a href="https://blog.aba.org/2012/02/the-jerk-snowy-owls.html" target="_blank">https://blog.aba.org/2012/02/the-jerk-snowy-owls.html</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">We awoke early the next morning with a glorious chorus of bird songs and calls, among them Townsend's Warblers, Hermit Warblers, and hybrid Townsend's x Hermit Warblers.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">At the same spot we found, photographed, and enjoyed wonderful views of other warblers including Black-throated Gray Warblers, Williamson's and Red-breasted and Red-naped Sapsuckers, Pileated and Hairy Woodpeckers, hummers, flycatchers, Band-tailed Pigeons, Purple Finches, Evening and Black-headed Grosbeaks, Townsend's Solitaires, Red Crossbills, Pine Siskins, vireos, thrushes, Northern Goshawk,..., and more.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Since then we've camped there and at other places including nearby SnowKing Sno-Park</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sno-Park:+SnowKing/@46.0313675,-121.5016458,7838m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x5496678335de9e69:0x6f46feb695c9333d!2sTrout+Lake,+WA+98650!3b1!8m2!3d45.9973427!4d-121.5281369!3m4!1s0x54965c0d1103447d:0x3d65564c3fc0f9ee!8m2!3d46.0543!4d-121.4722!5m1!1e4" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sno-Park:+SnowKing/@46.0313675,-121.5016458,7838m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x5496678335de9e69:0x6f46feb695c9333d!2sTrout+Lake,+WA+98650!3b1!8m2!3d45.9973427!4d-121.5281369!3m4!1s0x54965c0d1103447d:0x3d65564c3fc0f9ee!8m2!3d46.0543!4d-121.4722!5m1!1e4</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">with the same wonderful variety & slew of birds.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Be sure to use the eBird checklist entry "Townsend's/Hermit Warbler" for any bird that looks like either Townsend's or Hermit, but that you haven't clearly seen ALL nine distinguishing plumage characteristics.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">For hybrids, "Townsend's x Hermit Warbler (hybrid)" is the appropriate entry.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Hermit Warbler, Townsend's/Hermit Warbler, and Townsend's x Hermit Warbler (hybrid) have all been appropriately designated by eBird as "Rare" in that area, if for no other reason than for how extremely easy it is to not accurately distinguish between the three. I think Townsend's Warbler should be treated as rare there too, for the same reason. Perhaps it is.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Happy Trails & Good Luck,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Kevin Lucas</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Yakima County, Washington</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><a href="https://www.aba.org/aba-code-of-birding-ethics/" target="_blank">https://www.aba.org/aba-code-of-birding-ethics/</a><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><b><font size="6"><span style="color:rgb(95,99,104);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif">Qui tacet consentire</span><span style="color:rgb(77,81,86);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif"> videtur</span></font></b></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 5:48 PM Kellie Sagen <<a href="mailto:kelliekvinne@hotmail.com" target="_blank">kelliekvinne@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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If anyone has knowledge of the Trout Lake area I would love to hear where some good birding spots are. I was looking at eBird checklists under the hotspot name of "Trout Lake area" - a man named Mark Lundgren seems to be the main birdwatcher. I viewed a satellite
map of that hotspot and it appears to be in the middle of a brown field. I am thinking that is not the actual location the birds on those checklists are being seen. Would like to visit sometime in June to see the Hermit and Nashville warblers. Any tips would
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