Subject: warblers
Date: May 5 14:30:07 1997
From: Laurel Cheap - lcheap at cac.washington.edu



> Date: Sat, 3 May 97 21:11:20 -0000
> From: bboek at olympus.net
> To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Olympic Peninsula Observations

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> 2) Warblers were thick in the riparian forest today. Many singing males.
> Warblers included Orange-crowned, Yellow-rumped (all Audubon's today),
> Black-throated Gray, Townsend's, MacGillivray's, Wilson's, and
> Yellowthroat (in adjacent wet fields), all seen and heard along about a
> half-mile walk. The Mac and Wilson's were the first for the year we've
> seen around here. Other than Orange-crowned, Yellow-rumped, and
> Yellowthroat, we believe that many of these birds are very recent
> arrivals; have others seen a substantial influx of warblers in W. Wash.in
> the last few days?
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>
> Bob Boekelheide
> Sequim

I don't know about a "substantial influx" but we were visited this
weekend for the first time by what I've decided must be orange-crowned
warblers. The birds look more gray above than the picture in my bird
book but not as gray as the "gray race". They definitely had eye
rings, no wing bars, and faint gray streaking on the yellow/olive
colored breast. And I did think I saw some rufous coloration on the
top of the head as they bent over to inspect the apple blossoms (but
that could be wishful thinking :) ). Based on that description, does
anyone know of any other possibilities for this area?

Laurel, in Lake Stevens, WA
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