#Townsend's warbler

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Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendii

12/12/2023 Orange County, California

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One of my older banding photos! This immature Townsend's Warbler was caught in 2011 in Oregon while I was doing my first crew leader work for a couple of banding teams. I love these little warblers, so stunning!

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BOTD: Townsend's Warbler

Photo: Becky Matsubara

"The coniferous forest of the Pacific Northwest is the summer home of Townsend's Warbler. There the sharply marked males sing from high in the spruces and hemlocks; their buzzy songs are quite variable, and some are similar to those of the Black-throated Green Warbler, an eastern relative. Most Townsend's go to Mexico or Central America for the winter, but small numbers remain along the coast north to Oregon, Washington, and even Vancouver Island."

- Audubon Field Guide

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Townsend's Warbler by Lee Greengrass Via Flickr: Albany Hill Park, Albany, CA

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And bonus from sending mail today:

Townsend's Warbler

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little guy

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gravity falls but i assigned them all birds

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Townsend's Warbler

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Warbler Showdown; Bracket 1, Poll 6

Townsend's Warbler (Setophaga townsendi)

IUCN Rating: Least Concern

Range: a Western warbler, breeding in British Columbia and southern Alaska and overwintering in the Mexican mountains- though it can sometimes overwinter along coastal California.

Habitat: breeds in tall coniferous and mixed confierous-deciduous forests, most abundantly in unlogged, old-growth forest. Overwinter habitat in California is live oaks and mixed oak-conifer forests, while in Mexico and Central America it includes a variety of montane forest habitats.

Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica)

IUCN Rating: Least Concern

Range: The migratory population moves from the Bahamas and Greater Antilles to lowland Eastern and Midwest states; a more sedintary populations seem to live year-round in parts of Florida, Georgia, and Alabama.

Habitat: prefers wetter habitats, such as wooded steam bottomlands and cypress swamps, though they can be found in dry pine or mixed pine-deciduous forests. Also common in loblolly pine stands.

Image Sources: Townsend's (David Turgeon); Yellow-throated (Tyler Ficker)

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I have no idea what my birdsona would be. Too many awesome birds and too many birds i feel a connection to. Contenders:

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Townsend's Warbler by Lee Greengrass Via Flickr: Coyote Hills Regional Park, Fremont, CA

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*one* of Audobon's unidentified birds? I remember hearing something about him hoaxing a new fish species to get back at another naturalist he had a rivalry with, but not about this

several of the birds from birds of america are unidentified today. In order, Cuvier's Kinglet, the Carbonated Warbler, the Small-headed Flycatcher, the Blue Mountain Warbler, Bartram's Vireo, and Townsend's Bunting:

(audubon.org goes over the likely identities of the birds here)

interestingly someone photographed a bird near identical to Townsend's Bunting a few years ago; a dickcissel with weird colors:

a big win for cryptidzoology