Date: 3/23/26 10:48 am From: Kim Blythe via groups.io <blythekim.ca...> Subject: [southbaybirds] Warblers at Sanborn
Hi all!
I usually strike out at Sanborn Park, but this morning the area above the Sequoia parking area was crawling with warblers!
I never left the paved trail, but walked down the hill first area where I heard and saw my first of five Townsend’s Warblers and one singing Wilson’s Warbler.
A bus dropped off 50 screaming students, but that didn’t deter the warblers. Near the top of the hill I was trying to get a good look at any of the three Townsend’s overhead, when I found myself face-to-face with the bright yellow head of a Hermit Warbler!
I sat on the bench near the small cement pond at the top of the hill and watched a silent Black-throated Gray Warbler fly to a bare oak tree near the giant redwood grove.
Brown Creepers and Purple Finches were also singing this morning, as well as Western Flycatchers.
I might add that I was not disappointed not to find Yellow-rumped Warblers! But unfortunately the construction noise is still omnipresent at the park.
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