First four-warbler day of the year started with multiple butterbutts, including a dashing male Myrtle Warbler, a pair of Orange-crowned Warblers, snippets of song from an unseen Black-throated Gray Warbler, and culminating with the "chew-chew-Chew-CHEW-CHEW" of a bright male WILSON'S WARBLER! He's about a week earlier than the average year.
Also a rare (for this location) flyover Killdeer, Merlin, and a courting pair of Cooper's Hawks high overhead.
Yesterday, a Hermit Thrush sang the full song, at full volume, in one of my apple trees! Never had more than a "chup" or a bit of whispered subsong from them here before.
Still checking every flyover raptor for the Broad-winged or Swainson's everybody else in western Washington seems to be seeing lately, but no luck on that. Yet.

Jeff Bryant
Seattle
Jbryant_68 at yahoo

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