Canada Warbler!
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Kristie Nelson
May 24, 2012, 2:54:05 PM5/24/12
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I went running this AM along the dirt road on the south side of Mill creek (lower Lundy Cyn) and hear/saw a singing CANADA WARBLER!
To get there, access the dirt road that runs along the north side of Mill creek, just upstream of the old 395 bridge (upstream of main 395). A short ways up from the old 395 cross over, there's a big Jeff Pine on the north side of the dirt road by a green rock someone painted to look like a frog. It was about 50-100 m upstream of that. On the south side of the creek, there are 3 big, evenly spaced Jeff Pines, it was between the upstream 2, slowly moving upstream. The wind is picking up right now, and predicted to blow like crazy today.
It sang constantly, very sing-songy thing I couldn't place. Occasionally the song started with a chip note. It was mid-canopy. Luckily it pished in very close, calling repeatedly, with a somewhat deep, round chip call. Very thick, complete necklace, creating a round and abrupt "bottom" to the orangey/yellow throat. I didn't have bins, didn't recognize the song, so was very lucky it came so close. I could see the eye ring, and blacker around the face, dark grey back. It reminded me very much of a Kentucky warbler with a complete thick black necklace. But the song and behavior was way off for KEWA. It flicked its tail sometimes, WIWA like.
I believe this is the first Mono Basin record (Mono records for Oasis, Mammoth), bringing the Mono Basin total to 296. (Although I have not checked the length NAB reports from the 1990's)
Yesterday at our waterbox near Dechambeau creek was an INDIGO BUNTING, and VIRGINIA's Warbler, and many migrants.
To get there, access the dirt road that runs along the north side of Mill creek, just upstream of the old 395 bridge (upstream of main 395). A short ways up from the old 395 cross over, there's a big Jeff Pine on the north side of the dirt road by a green rock someone painted to look like a frog. It was about 50-100 m upstream of that. On the south side of the creek, there are 3 big, evenly spaced Jeff Pines, it was between the upstream 2, slowly moving upstream. The wind is picking up right now, and predicted to blow like crazy today.
It sang constantly, very sing-songy thing I couldn't place. Occasionally the song started with a chip note. It was mid-canopy. Luckily it pished in very close, calling repeatedly, with a somewhat deep, round chip call. Very thick, complete necklace, creating a round and abrupt "bottom" to the orangey/yellow throat. I didn't have bins, didn't recognize the song, so was very lucky it came so close. I could see the eye ring, and blacker around the face, dark grey back. It reminded me very much of a Kentucky warbler with a complete thick black necklace. But the song and behavior was way off for KEWA. It flicked its tail sometimes, WIWA like.
I believe this is the first Mono Basin record (Mono records for Oasis, Mammoth), bringing the Mono Basin total to 296. (Although I have not checked the length NAB reports from the 1990's)
Yesterday at our waterbox near Dechambeau creek was an INDIGO BUNTING, and VIRGINIA's Warbler, and many migrants.
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