The flock at my house was not the same flock seen on Coxcomb Hill.
There was a general fallout.

I don't quite understand your question:
"...were any of these "high counts" from your monitoring
of numbers on Coxcomb Hill?"

All counts under the heading of "This morning on Coxcomb Hill"
are from Coxcomb Hill and the numbers given represent birds
seen there. The count on Sunday (including unidentified warblers),
some 97 individual warblers, represented a single active flock,
breaking the previous record of 70 in a single flock. One would
have to be at Coxcomb Hill during one of these fallouts to get a
good sense of how spectacular they are.

Last year's compilation for Coxcomb is at:
http://columbia-pacific.interrain.org/ahscience/neotrops/coxcomb.html
I will be putting up this year's running total soon.

Hermit Warbler is a common breeder in the Coast Range. They are
easily found at Nicolai Mt and Saddle Mt (see:
http://columbia-pacific.interrain.org/ahscience/nicmt/BBSCOMP.html )
and would, I suspect, be easily found in southwest Washington, if
access were easier and surveys regularly done (and one could find
habitat that hadn't been clearcut).


WAYNE WEBER wrote:
>
> Mike (and OBOLinks and Tweeters),
>
> Those were impressive numbers of Black-throated Gray, Townsend's, and
> Hermit Warblers (not to mention the Townsend's-Hermit hybrids).
> Out of curiosity, were any of these "high counts" from your monitoring
> of numbers on Coxcomb Hill?
>
> I also note that you reported several more of each of these 3 species
> near your house the same morning. How far is your house from Coxcomb
> Hill, and are any of these likely to have been some of the same birds?
>
> I am especially intrigued by the high counts of Hermit Warblers. This
> species is generally considered to be uncommon in southwestern
> Washington (i.e., areas to the north of Astoria), although it is much
> commoner in the southern Washington Cascades. Any comments?
>
> Wayne C. Weber
> Kamloops, BC
> wayne_weber at bc.sympatico.ca
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Patterson <celata at pacifier.com>
> To: Multiple recipients of list OBOL <OBOL at BOBO.NWS.ORST.EDU>
> Date: Sunday, September 10, 2000 9:43 AM
> Subject: This morning on Coxcomb Hill - 9/10/2000
>
> >Coxcomb Hill, Astoria, Clatsop Co. OREGON
> >9/10/2000 0820hr to 0915hr
> >overcast fog and drizzle 16?C wind SW 14.5kph
> >pressure 1011
> >
> >Northern Pygmy Owl 1
> >American Crow 1
> >Steller's Jay 1
> >Bewick's Wren 2
> >Winter Wren 1
> >Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
> >Black-capped Chickadee 16
> >Golden-crowned Kinglet 18
> >Hutton's Vireo 2
> >Warbling Vireo 4
> >Black-throated Gray Warbler 15
> >Townsend's Warbler 17
> >Hermit Warbler 17
> >HermitxTownsend's 2
> >Orange-crowned Warbler 3
> >Wilson's Warbler 9
> >warbler sp. 30
> >Spotted Towhee 1
> >Song Sparrow 4
> >Red Crossbill 2
> >
> >total diversity 19
> >total individuals 149
> >
> >Notes: Visibility was, again, very poor with heavy drizzle
> >and fog. Near the top of the road I came across a very
> >large flock of warblers many of them working the brush at
> >eye level. Additional unidentifiable warbler could be
> >seen and heard high in the spruces.
> >
> >--
> >Mike Patterson Alas, to wear the mantle of Galileo,
> >Astoria, OR it is not enough to be persecuted
> >celata at pacifier.com by an unkind establishment,
> > you must also be right.
> > ---Robert Park
> >http://www.pacifier.com/~mpatters/bird/bird.html

--
Mike Patterson Alas, to wear the mantle of Galileo,
Astoria, OR it is not enough to be persecuted
celata at pacifier.com by an unkind establishment,
you must also be right.
---Robert Park
http://www.pacifier.com/~mpatters/bird/bird.html