Second Canada Warbler Bent County

[Dan Stringer]

I was at Lake Hasty Campground (Bent County) yesterday morning and really struggled with an ID but got a few photos in the rain/mist of a warbler to work out later. It had a complete white eyering, no wingbars, dark gray on top from head to tail, very yellow underneath all the way to what I viewed as light gray undertail coverts, yellowish legs, slight streaking on the throat, and a small amount of yellow on the supraloral. Due to the rain I put my camera in my truck in frustration, checked my phone/email, and saw the post from Duane Nelson re: Canada Warbler in his yard. I contacted him, drove there, he waited despite needing to leave, showed me the bird within a minute (looked like an adult male to me) and it was gone within another minute. Fabulous bird, I was lucky to be in the area. We talked for a while and it never returned. 

At home, my photos from Lake Hasty Campground appear to show a first-year Canada Warbler. Not sure about first-year, could be an adult female, but the eyering is less vivid than on Duane's bird, throat-streaking less distinct, and the yellow on the supraloral very minimal/pale. I'm basically stunned just because of how unlikely this seems, I sent a photo to Brandon Percival who confirmed the ID so I wanted to let others know it was there...north border of the campground near the east end.

Dan Stringer

Larkspur, CO