Date: 10/2/25 7:14 pm From: Carl Lundblad <carl.lundblad...> Subject: Pahranagat status (open), Egret (yes), Hooded Warbler (new)
I finally had a chance to chase the continuing Reddish Egret at Pahranagat NWR and was glad to find it still present, now south of the dike on Upper Lake.
Great low water habitat persists north of the dike and had lots of other tall waders (Great Egrets and Great Blue Herons), common shorebirds, and pipits. A very distant Phalarope had me going as a possible Red, but as the sun lowered and the light changed, it began to look more like a Red-necked.
Shortly before sunset, I was birding Middle Marsh when I heard what I recognized as calls of a vaguely-familiar eastern warbler, but I wasn't sure which one (though I had an idea that turned out correct). Eventually I had quick views of a lovely male Hooded Warbler and got diagnostic recordings of that distinctive call note.
The refuge currently remains open, for better or worse, except the campground is closed during the government shutdown.
