Subject: [Tweeters] Migration at Discovery (8 warblers)
Date: May 3 13:33:19 2011
From: Patti Loesche - loes at uw.edu


Yesterday (5/2) around 7 pm, I caught the tail end of a movement of about a dozen warblers in my back yard, generally moving north. In the short time that I was able to observe them, I saw nearly all yellow-rumped warblers and one Wilson's warbler.

Patti Loesche
Fremont, Seattle


On May 3, 2011, at 12:58 PM, Jordan Gunn wrote:

> Great morning at Discovery park. In one small area among the maples, and all within an hour, I saw many YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERs, several TOWNSEND'S WARBLERs, one BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER, numerous ORANGE-CROWNED WARLBERs and WILSON'S WARBLERs, a couple NASHVILLE WARBLERs, one YELLOW WARBLER, and the highlight, a bright MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER skulking out of the shrubs to drink from a puddle on the trail. I searched endlessly in what I thought could be Common Yellowthroat habitat at the park to make a 9-warbler trip, but I guess I don't know where they are or if they are at Disco Park. In the same area as the warblers, 2 empid flycatchers were flitting around, but I couldn't ID. Also around were a LINCOLN'S SPARROW, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETs, HUTTON'S VIREO's, both CHICKADEES, and well, the usual suspects.
>
> I've been to discovery quite a bit this spring, and this seems to be the first push of warbler migration, and it seems big.
>
> Jordan Gunn
> Seattle, WA
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