>Erica, I was sure surprised when I saw my first "winter" T. warbler.
>So I went to my most erudite resource (seriously! It has bar graphs
>showing what months a bird is in the area, and nesting too, tell me
>another book that can provide that), Birds of Seattle and Puget
>Sound by Chris c. Fisher and read, "Although a few T's Warblers
>overwinter in Seattle, flocking together with chicadees and
>nuthatches, most...."
>
>Is it possible that I saw a Townsend's Warbler in my backyard in
>Wedgwood (North Seattle)? It flew away before I had a chance to grab
>my binoculars but I distinctly saw alternating black and BRIGHT
>yellow stripes on the head and a yellow stripe under the eye. What
>else could it have been? Thanks.
>
>Erica Zwick
>Seattle, WA
>
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