Tweets,

At 1300 today, I observed and heard a probable immature male Canada
Warbler in my yard in Wapato WA. I was alerted to this bird as I got out
of my vehicle and heard a jumpy, loud song in the thickets a few feet away.
It reminded me a little of a Connecticut Warbler song, so I went for my
binos to get a look.

What I saw:

A warbler appearing somewhat larger than an Orange-crowned Warbler also
flitting in the vine maple and birch plantings a few yards from the Canada
Warbler. Uniform gray-green above, including tail. No wing bars.
Underparts with a distinct yellow throat set off by a broad, smudgy gray
breast band. Below this was yellow to the undertail coverts which were
white. Conspicuous eyering. Pattern of underside of tail not noted. Call
heard also, a loud, liquid chip. Song loud, with a "jumpy" pattern.

I returned with a tape player to get another look and heard it sing again,
but did not see it. This was at 1330.

I have experience with Canada Warblers from Riding Mountain National Park
in Manitoba (May 1997), Pt. Pelee in Ontario (May 1998)), and in Michigan
at Crane Creek (May 1998).

The structure of the habitat where I observed and heard this bird (low in
dense deciduous thickets with conifers intermingled) is similar to its
breeding habitat in Canada and the northeastern US.

Andy Stepniewski
Wapato WA