[obol] Benton County Black-Throated Gray Warbler

[Karan & Jim Fairchild]

Lots of Orange-Crowned Warblers singing today (7 Apr, 07), but just spotted our first of the year BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER, also 
feeding amongst the big-leaf maple flowers.  This matches our earliest arrival date for 3 out of the last 20 years, with that 20 
year average first date here being April 11th.

Totally missing our spot this year are any number of yellow-rumped warblers.  We do have our highest numbers of pine siskins and 
evening grosbeaks for the year-to-date, some red crossbills and still some varied thrushes coming to feeders.  Band-tailed pigeon 
numbers are increasing.

Jim and Karan Fairchild
6 mi SW of Philomath, Benton County