Hi Victor and Tweeters,

For the past 5 years I have been lucky enough to have at least 1 or 2 Townsend's Warblers overwinter here. There have been as many as 3 the past few weeks, coming to my suet feeder. It is too early to tell if these birds will actually spend the winter here but it's a possibility because they already know about the feeders. I have also seen Audubon's Yellow-rumped Warblers take passes at the suet feeders this fall. Maybe the winter won't be so bad...

Ruth Mano
Everett, WA


> Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09:24:41 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Victor B <tropicalvictor at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Tweeters] Townsend's Warbler
> To: TWEETERS <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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> Townsend's Warbler in our yard on Lummi Island yesterday (Oct 10), which seemed a bit late in the season, although I have read that a very few hardy individuals sometimes overwinter? Also, we noticed a few Barn Swallows still, across the street from the Lummi Casino.
> -Victor Burgett
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