Hooded Warbler
June 22nd, 2010 by Justin Hite
Date of sighting: 6/22/2010
There was a female Hooded Warbler this morning in the aspen grove that straddles the June Lake Loop road just upstream from Grant Lake. She was skulking in the undergrowth, but showing off white outer tail feathers as she fanned her tail. She was about 50m downstream from the main pulloff in the middle of this grove. There was also a singing Western Flycatcher (Cordilleran?) in the same spot and a singing Nashville Warbler a little upstream. A little further upstream, where a green gate on the side of the road indicates the DWP gauging station, there was a second Western Flycatcher singing. I’d be interested to hear if people think these are Cordilleran or Pac-slopes…my ears aren’t really tuned to the difference.
Yesterday a Goshawk buzzed me up in Rancheria Gultch, the first time i’ve seen them in a Pinyon forest away from the Sierra. Black-throated Gray Warblers, Plumbeous Vireos, and Juniper Titmice all relatively easy to find up there.
This post was submitted by Justin Hite.
