ML28946651

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Singing male. First found along stream that runs alongside n. edge of main picnic area (same loc. - same tree - as Gray-ch. Thrush last fall!). Bird flushed up to low willow, and then dropped down to lawn to forage. Chunky, short-tailed warbler. Entirely yellow underparts and olive-brown upperparts, with distinct broad yellow eyebrow and black face mask, extending down in a crescent shape below/behind eye. Hopped lethargically on lawn picking at insects on ground. Call a surprisingly loud, rich "Tchip!", like a cross btwn Common Yellowthroat and Yellow Warbler. After a few minutes, an unfamiliar song heard from where bird had perched, a brief "Cheery-cheery-cheery". Both vocalizations distinctive and unfamiliar to me. Over the next couple hours we watched this bird move around the lawn of the main picnic area, spending most of its time on the ground foraging, flushing short distances up to lowermost branches of trees, then dropping down again. Didn't interact with any other birds. Aside from several Wilson's and a couple YWAR and COYE, the only warbler present.

Technical information

Model

WB350F/WB351F/WB352F

ISO

200

Focal length

86.1 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/5.9

Shutter speed

1/90 sec

Dimensions

708 pixels x 492 pixels

Original file size

151.53 KB