[EBB Sightings] Townsend's Warbler fledgling

Dear Birders:

I think Judi Sierra's posting this morning about seeing a Townsend's Warbler fledgling along the lower fire trail in Strawberry Canyon is entirely credible.  Judi is an excellent birder and the cool mixed conifer forest on the north-facing slope is a suitable nesting habitat for this species which usually breeds further north along the coast in conifer forests.  It's important to remember that once juncoes and chickadees (and probably certain nuthatches) were only winter residents in the Canyon.  Birds commonly expand their ranges (re:  Red-shouldered Hawks).

This rich Strawberry Canyon habitat is another the reason for opposing the proposed construction of two industrial-scale buildings (totaling more than 200,000 sq. ft) in the canyon!

-Phila Rogers