Definitely very rare this early. While there are many March records for
Portland, OR (and one for Vancouver, WA), there are only 5 records on eBird
from north of there:

- Mar 23, 2019 Puyallup
- Mar 29, 2019 Discovery Park
- and three from BC, Canada (1996, 1997, and 2015)

I can tell you that Black-thr Gray Warblers are increasing significantly in
winter in the Sacramento Valley, where they have gone from very rare to
annual in winter. Based on similar patterns for other species, I would
expect them to continue over-wintering further north as the climate warms.
Or at least some birds moving north in March.







On Fri, Mar 31, 2023 at 12:32 PM Jeremy Schwartz <jschwartz1124 at gmail.com>
wrote:


> Hi Josh!

>

> Funny you should post this now. For the last few weeks I've heard AND seen

> a Black-throated Gray Warbler hanging out in the conifers near our condo in

> Lake Forest Park. I almost couldn't believe my ears the very first time

> since I too figured it was pretty early. Then I saw the black-and-white

> face with the little spot of yellow! EBird even tagged it as "Rare" when I

> did a quick yard checklist.

>

> I'm not enough of an expert to speak to how rare this is or not, but

> another interesting data point for sure!

>

> Keep watching the skies (and trees),

>

> -Jeremy

> Lake Forest Park

> jschwartz1124 AT gmail DOT com

>

>

>

>> Date: 3/30 7:24 PM

>> From: Joshua Hayes <joshuaahayes...>

>> Subject: [Tweeters] Black-Throated Gray - WAY too early?

>>

>

> Walking the dog along the east side of North Seattle College this late

>> afternoon, along the upslope south of the long retaining pond, I distinctly

>> heard the song of a Black-Throated Gray Warbler: that "zeedle zeedle zeedle

>> zeet-se" is unmistakable. But over the highway noise, and with the dog, and

>> without my binocs, I had no chance to locate it. Is this super early? Or

>> maybe a starling pretending to be a BTGW?

>>

>>

>> Josh HayesJoshuaahayes at proton.me

>>

>>

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