tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8416391076324810939.post1822650724465463113..comments2023-09-18T07:08:12.104-07:00Comments on a very, very, very amateur naturalist!: I'm an idiot, please don't laugh...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8416391076324810939.post-68287761565948559172011-04-12T11:49:41.474-07:002011-04-12T11:49:41.474-07:00very interesting. I'd agree that most of these...very interesting. I'd agree that most of these birds are probably birds that have learned both songs perhaps as you say the two species may have nested very close together.<br />although I'm not entirely sure what you mean by 'knee-high to a Grasshopper warbler!' I'm relieved I wasn't the only one to have that assumption about Cabbagey Butterflies!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12925490044758161899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8416391076324810939.post-87494938057180697422011-04-12T10:01:23.928-07:002011-04-12T10:01:23.928-07:00Hi Liam,
We have a Willow Warbler on our local pat...Hi Liam,<br />We have a Willow Warbler on our local patch at Holmethorpe Sand Pits in Surrey that gives a full Willow song followed by a few 'chiff-chaffs'. <br />We have seen the bird well and leg colour and primary projection prove it is definitely a Willow. <br />This is the second year running that such a bird has turned up at our patch and the general opinion locally is that these birds are not hybrids but seem to have somehow learned both songs, perhaps as a result of adjacent nesting by both species.<br />(When I was knee-high to a Grasshopper Warbler, I thought all white butterflies were Cabbage Whites too!)Graham Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12908280556207762311noreply@blogger.com