[birding] Yellow-rumped warbler fallout 4/23 Corvallis

[Jamie S.]

Today at lunch Jim Anderson and I experienced a fallout of Yellow-rumped warblers at Stewart Lake (HP) in Corvallis. Jim and I independently estimated 75-100 and 90 YRWAs, respectively, seen during the approximately .4 mi walk around the lake. (The distance is according to a site map; it seems shorter to me.)  The terms "dripping from the trees" seem appropriate, especially given their flycatching habits.  Yesterday I estimated about 25 YRWAs; their numbers had been slowly increasing during the week. I don't recall ever seeing nearly this number of YRWAs during the past 16 years of birding at this location.

We also found a singing House Wren, the first noted since the summer of 2006, after which they inexplicably failed to return to nest in 2007 & 2008. 

Jamie Simmons
Corvallis



      
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