All photographs ©2004-2007 by Mary Beth Stowe
Warblers, Etc.
A normal female "Audubon's" Warbler (left) with what may be a hybrid Myrtle/Audubon's on the right: note the hint of a eyebrow and how the throat patch curls up slightly around the auriculars! (A pure Myrtle would show a white throat and a much stronger face pattern.)
Fuzzy but cute Orange-crowned Warblers at Felicita County Park
Yes, they really do have an orange crown! (Clark Dry Lake)
This female is telling her "husband" that she's ready to have kids! J
"Myrtle" Warbler at Santee Lakes
Fuzzy Painted Redstart at the end of Chihuahua Valley Road, San Diego Co.
A vagrant American Redstart along the Santa Margarita River, singing his "Please-send-me-E-mail!" song.
Black-throated Gray Warbler in the Laguna Mountains
"Audubon's" Warbler on iceplant in Tierrasanta
Another Audubon's coming into breeding plumage (Santa Ysabel Mission)
Curious Common Yellowthroat along the Santa Margarita River
A lost Black-and-white Warbler showed up outside my Tierrasanta apartment window (that hadn't been washed in ten years...)