Subject: [Tweeters] Warblers at Capitol Lake, OlyWA
Date: Apr 17 21:19:36 2015
From: festuca at comcast.net - festuca at comcast.net
Hi Folks,
I attended a friend's funeral in Tumwater this morning, and needed to wind down a bit, so took an hour to walk the south Capitol Lake trail, from Tumwater Heritage Park to the north end at the Parkway & returned.
There were quite a few warblers moving through - including over 20 Yellow-rumps. What seemed a bit unusual was that, of the 14 birds I could get a decent look at, 13 of them were MYRTLE WARBLERS, and only one was an AUDUBON'S.
I also saw a male BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER, which is a bit early for the species here. Odd that I didn't see or hear an Orange-crowned this afternoon; they have been the predominant warbler species in my west Olympia jaunts the past week or so.
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S22916855
Cheers,
Jon. Anderson
OlyWA