My own rather limited experience with winter warblers concurs with Wayne's
information. The difference in bird populations may have something to do
with habitat. I have seen a number of winter Audubon's (Yellow-Rumped)
Warblers, and one Orange-Crowned, up at Capitol Lake, near the shores of the
Sound. I have never seen these species at my house, a little higher up in
the hills, but on Jan. 2 I saw a Townsend's foraging in a cypress-like tree
(?Sawara False-Cypress?) in our front yard.

--Nick Pharris
Olympia, WA
mailto: NJPharris at aol.com