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to swallow  Roberts: Warbler error is easy to swallow  August
9th, 2011 by Dalton Roberts in Life Entertainment  A friend at
the Hungry House was asking me about my column on the black-
throated blue warbler building in one of my bluebird boxes, and
I told him, "I'm sorry but a reader educated me that it was a
tree swallow, and I will be writing a column to correct it." He
said, "Aw, just forget it Dalton, and nobody will ever know the
difference."  That's just not my style. When I make a mistake, I
have found I feel better when I admit it and correct it as far
as I can.  Correcting my mistake about the black-throated blue
warbler gives me a chance to make a powerful point to bird-
watchers: Have at least one good reference book on birds. The
best one I have found is Roger Tory Peterson's "A Field Guide to
the Birds."  Look at the pictures of the black-throated blue
warbler and the tree swallo