Hello fellow birders, At 4:30 this afternoon while studying outside Meiling Hall at OSU (by the medical center) I saw a few warblers arrive and feed in the trees by the building. Last fall and this spring, I've been absolutely amazed at the number and diversity of warblers, vireos, flycatchers, and so forth that I've seen in this small group of 5 or 6 trees. Today, there was a very obliging male Canada Warbler accompanied by a similarly obliging first year Blackpoll Warbler. There was another warbler with them, however, that has me a little confused, and if there is anybody with more experience that can offer some insight on this, I would LOVE it. This bird was not cooperating with me like its companions were; it kept feeding very actively close to the treetop and the ends of branches, so there was usually foliage partially obstructing my view. The Canada and Blackpoll fed a little lower and among the somewhat larger branches. After torturing my neck for about 25 minutes trying to follow it and get decent views, I think it may have been some degree of cross between a Golden-winged and Blue-winged Warblers. It had a dark eyestripe, pale yellowish-white supercilium, olive crown and back, unmarked yellow throat and breast, white belly, yellow lower belly and rear flanks, pure white undertail coverts, olive wings, yellow secondary coverts (similar to Golden-winged, but not as bright yellow and a little olive between the feathers), and a somewhat pale grayish bill with darker tip. It's tail was shortish, square, olive, and unpatterned. It was noticeably smaller than the Blackpoll Warbler, and the "jizz" of the bird was screaming Vermivora at me. My first thought was Tennessee Warbler, but the pattern of yellow and white on the underside didn't mesh and the wing markings of course don't match up with Tennessee. I have made some sketches of the bird and scanned them; you can see them at http://www.dropshots.com/airforcenye#date/2007-09-04/21:39:42 Please note that it was somewhat difficult to get a good view of the wingbars from below. It seemed like a patch of yellow but may have been two broad wingbars. Thanks in advance for your opinions! Good birding, Nate Nye Hilliard, OH ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]