Orange-crowned warbler (finally!)

[Joel Geier]

I've been seeing reports of Orange-crowned Warblers but -- despite listening carefully to all of the sound-a-like junco songs and watching for yellow birds in our willows -- I didn't see or hear one until today.

I heard him first, singing away, and it took me more than 5 minutes to figure out where he was singing from.

Then later today, out on E.E. Wilson Wildlife Area, I heard, then saw my first Common Yellowthroat of the season.

It's starting to feel like spring.

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Joel Geier

Tampico Ridge north of Corvallis

[Mary Garrard]

Like Joel I’d been trying to turn juncos into OC warblers on my morning point counts but not having any luck until about a week ago when finally the two-part trill was unmistakeable. And I’ve also had Violet-green Swallows in my meadow. I’ve cleared last year’s House Wren and V-G swallow nests out of the bluebird boxes. Still hoping for bluebirds. 

Mary

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