[EBB Sightings] Townsend's Warbler

EBB:      Sunday, 01/09/10

  Today, for the sixth consecutive day, a small mixed flock of birds, mostly 
juncos and chickadees moved through our

yard, always accompanied by a single male Townsend's Warbler. To my surprise 
the warbler even joins its

friends in feeding on the suet cake. Twice I have seen it check out the 
hummingbird feeder, but to no avail. Yesterday, it

flew by me and landed 6 feet away in the birdbath. I froze in my tracks 
while I wached it bathe. What a beautiful bird!

  Other frequent visitors, but not part of the mixed flock, have been a 
Northern Flicker (at the suet), Black Phoebe, Oak

Titmice, Bewick's Wren, and White-crowned Sparows.


Russ Wilson

El Cerrito