ML619542537
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Observation details
Chris and Rosie met at Greengate Cottonwoods for Chris's lunch hour. As they slowly walked north, about halfway through the cottonwoods, they heard a distant up-slurred buzz and remarked, "Oh, Pine Siskin!" which was not unexpected since there has been a small influx of siskins recently. As they got closer, however, it was apparent that the buzz was a Northern Parula. The song was repeated every 10 seconds or so, a long up-slurred buzz ending in an abrupt sneeze. We finally located the bird visually as it worked slowly through the cottonwood leaves. Eventually, the bird came down, nearly to eye-level, and sang from an exposed cottonwood branch. This snazzy warbler had a yellow throat, a charcoal and rufous breast band with a yellow band below that, two white wingbars on dark wings, a lime-colored triangle on the back, and a split pale eyering on a charcoal face. The head was a beautiful slaty blue gray. The underparts, including the undertail, were whitish. Audio recordings and photos were obtained. We put the word out to local birders and were joined by Barb Kelley and Nancy Overholtz within minutes. The bird kept singing from the east side of the cottonwoods for most of the duration of our visit. After Chris returned to work, the bird flew over to the west side for about three minutes and then returned to the east side where we left it singing and feeding with stellar views.
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- Original file size
- 1.23 MB