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Monday Morning Mystery: Puerto Rico Warbler
I know this is a little far afield, but Sally Wiegand asked me to ID this warbler from her recent trip to Puerto Rico.
I did. Can you? Try reflecting on it for a while.
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What a beautiful bird…he looks enamored by his own reflection.
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Too bad he was a Swift and not a Warbler…
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PS This beauty is named after Adelaide Swift (daughter of Robert Swift–who captured the first specimen)
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Adelaide’s Warbler! (Lisa and I were fortunate enough to see one of these beauties during our recent trip to PR.
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Marianne Herrmann
What a beautiful bird…he looks enamored by his own reflection.
Jim Wright
Too bad he was a Swift and not a Warbler…
RF
PS This beauty is named after Adelaide Swift (daughter of Robert Swift–who captured the first specimen)
RF
Adelaide’s Warbler! (Lisa and I were fortunate enough to see one of these beauties during our recent trip to PR.