[Birdnet] Palm and Pine Warblers at Lytle Ranch

[Rick Fridell]

Hello Everyone,

I received a call from Tim Avery about 8:30 this morning (11/26) and he had
relocated the Palm Warbler (found yesterday) along the Beaver Dam Wash at
Lytle Ranch.  I didn't have much time so I hurried down and with Tim's help
we relocated the Palm Warbler around 9:30a.  While we were watching the Palm
Warbler Tim noticed a "non Yellow-rumped Warbler" in the cottonwoods near
the small pond (downstream of the beaver dam).  We managed to track it for a
while and noticed it was a Bay-breasted/Pine/Blackpoll type. Eventually we
saw documented the field marks (dark auriculars, wing pattern, tail pattern
and length, etc.) and confirmed it was a Pine Warbler.  Tim got some great
shots and I'm sure he'll post these when he gets home this afternoon.  Both
warblers were in the same general vicinity as reported yesterday (along the
Beaver Dam Wash downstream of the beaver dam, and adjacent to the small pond
that sits along the west edge of the wash.  We did not see the Eastern
Phoebe but Tim took some pictures of a western Winter Wren.  Thanks to Tim,
I picked up two county birds in just over an hour of birding.


Regards,

Rick Fridell
Hurricane, UT