Townsend's Warbler is one of the shorter-distance migrants showing an
increasing willingness to overwinter in larger numbers in northern
California, Oregon, and Washington. Especially the former two so far, but I
certainly expect them to increase in winter here as well. I've got some
graphs of these trends here (Townsend's Warbler is near the bottom):
https://thecottonwoodpost.net/2020/03/09/the-invasion-of-the-pacific-northwest-californias-birds-expand-north-with-warmer-winters/
In a few months, eBird will be releasing detailed trend maps for 451
species, which will really tell us a lot more about recent shifting range
patterns in a time of rapid climate change. Some glimpses of eBird's maps
were shared at the Wash Ornith Soc (WOS) mtg a few months ago.
good birding,
On Wed, Dec 15, 2021 at 4:24 PM Stan Bezimienny <
grzebiuszkaziemna at gmail.com>
wrote:
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We are also in Lake Forest Park, and we get Townsend' with some regularity
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on a suet feeder. Last Sunday a male was also feeding on/among flowers of a
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big Mahonia, just like the ones in UW Arboretum (see Larry's excellent
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Union Bay blog). Perfectly matched colors, but a great annoyance to
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resident Anna's hummingbirds.
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Stan
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