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Bird Photos: Rarities: Canada Warbler at Mendoza
Ranch
Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County,
CA
This Canada Warbler was reported along with the
Blue-headed
Vireo on 10/2/04 at the Mendoza (B) Ranch, Point Reyes National
Seashore. I don't know who originally discovered this bird. This
very attractive eastern vagrant is in the same genus as Wilson's
and Hooded warblers, Wilsonia. Its breeding range extends
from the southeastern corner of the Yukon Territory and the northeastern
corner of British Columbia east through much of the southern tier
of Canadian provinces to the East Coast and down into the northeastern
US. It's migration primarily takes it through areas east of the
Mississippi River.
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I took one group from my Palo Alto Baylands
birding class to the outer Point Reyes on 10/2/04. While
looking at a Blue-headed
Vireo, we were told of a Canada Warbler that was also
present a hundred yards or so to the south. While we watched
the vireo, the Canada Warbler's foraging track led it back
to where we were.
In this image, the tail appears very short,
but that's because it was angled away from my point of view.
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| Note the even and complete eye-ring and
the yellow wash in the supraloral area. The characteristic
necklace is represented by a set of vague gray lines spanning
its undersides from the throat onto the breast. |
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This "grabshot" of the bird in
flight shows the proper length of the tail and the white
undertail coverts. It also shows the pale underwing coverts
and extent of yellow in the flanks.
Another Canada Warbler was found in San Mateo
County near Princeton Harbor by Ron Thorn on 9/30/04. This
may have been an indication a small movement of vagrants
of this species through our area.
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