Date: 11/14/25 3:01 pm From: James Pike via groups.io <jimpike444...> Subject: Re: [OrangeCountyBirding] pine warbler
I meant to add that the bird was in the NW corner of the cemetery, not far
from Beach Blvd and the adjacent red-brick hospital.
Jim Pike
On Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM James Pike via groups.io <jimpike444=
<gmail.com...> wrote:
> We walked in a light rain at Good Shepherd cemetery in Huntington Beach
> this afternoon, which is why I left my camera in the car. Needless to say,
> that proved to be a mistake, as I happened upon the dullest immature female
> Pine Warbler I've ever seen. It was in a couple cedar (?) trees (with
> flattened foliage) near a white bench and a row of blooming hibiscus
> shrubs. It was very pishable and came in close enough to see a very pale
> wash of yellow on the throat and breast. The auriculars were a well-defined
> gray with a slightly darker spot at their lowest point, and vague streaks
> were present along the sides of the breast. When I later returned with my
> camera, the flock it was with (mainly Yellow-rumpeds) had dispersed and I
> didn't refind it.
>
> Jim Pike
> HB
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