[Birdnet] Lucin: Parula, B&W warbler, and Redstar

[David Wheeler]

Colby, et al,
 
Yesterday's Lucin Parula was a beautifully-marked male, the Redstart was a female, and I did not think to sex the Black & white because I was still seeking the Wood thrush.  But I very much believe the B&W was a female because I never noticed the black throat and I think I would have had it been there because I saw the streaked underside (call it 95-97% certainty).
 

>>> "Colby Neuman" <colby.neuman at gmail.com> 5/27/2008 10:35 PM >>>
David and others,

What were the sex and/or age of your 'eastern' warblers?  

David's Cordilleran Flycatcher reminds me...

Have others outside of Washington County (well those folks too) observed Cordilleran (or 'Western' type) Flycatchers in the lowlands this spring?  I have yet to see one so I wonder if they're going straight to their breeding grounds or if I've just been unlucky in not seeing them down in the valleys?  Thanks for any information.

Colby

On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 2:25 PM, David Wheeler <dumpster_42 at yahoo.com> wrote:


Hello,

Larene & I went on another wild goose chase.  We dipped on the Wood thrush, but Lucin did offer up several other unusual species to assuage our tears:

1)  Northern parula
2)  Black & white warbler
3)  American redstart

We saw all of these were most often in the trees around the main pond, with some forays into the Russian olives around the marshy "secondary pond" just to the west.

There are several species of Empids moving through (Gray, Cordilleran, Dusky), plus a plethora of wood-pewees, lots of catbirds, and a Swainson's thrush.  There was one lone but loud Eur. collared dove scratching about.  Lots of warblers to be seen above those already mentioned:  Yellow, Orange-crowned, "Audubon's", Common yellowthroats, MacGillivray's, and Wilson's.

Happy birding,

David






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