Look For An adult male has a boldly marked black-and-yellow head, with a black cheek and throat.
The ranges of the Hermit and Townsend's warblers overlap in Washington and Oregon, where they frequently hybridize ( Pearson, S. F. (1997). This map depicts the seasonally-averaged estimated relative abundance, defined as the expected count on an eBird Traveling Count starting at the optimal time of day with the optimal search duration and distance that maximizes detection of that species in a region, averaged across the pre-breeding migration season. Lower breast and sides are yellow with heavy black streaks, and belly is white.Head has bright yellow face, black crown and cheek patch, and white crescent below eye.
Lower breast and sides are yellow with black streaks and belly is white.Face is yellow with black crown and cheek patch and yellow crescent below eye.
The coniferous forest of the Pacific Northwest is the summer home of Townsend's Warbler.
Townsend's warbler These birds have a yellow face with a black stripe across their cheeks, a thin pointed bill, white wing bars, olive upperparts with black streaks on their backs and flanks, and a white belly. Wings have two white bars.
The Townsend's Warbler, along with the Hermit, Golden-cheeked, Black-throated Green, and Black-throated Gray Warblers, is considered part of the Black-throated Green superspecies, or virens group. Tail has white edges, dark center and tip. Washington's breeding Townsend's Warblers leave in late summer or early fall and spend the winter in the highlands of southern Mexico and Central America.
Migrants seem to appear in almost any habitat with vegetation.
The Hermit Warbler is a member of the Black-throated Green Warbler superspecies, which usually includes the Black-throated Green (Setophaga virens), Golden-cheeked (S. chrysoparia), and Townsend's (S. townsendi Coastal British Columbia breeders make shorter journeys to California, Oregon, or the Washington coast. Here, high in the treetops, they seem like tiny colorful ornaments as they forage high in dense foliage, hunting small insects and larvae.
Females have a yellow throat and gray, not black, cheeks. Migration Status.
Townsend's Warbler: Olive-green upperparts, black throat and upper breast.
His discovery followed a long cross-continental trek. Townsend's Warbler, Sebastopol, September 27, 2011 Probably a first-fall male (note lack of full black markings at throat) For comparison: Hermit Warbler, Owl Canyon, Bodega Bay, August 29, 2011 …
Wintering Townsend’s Warblers often join large, roving mixed-species flocks … General Townsend's Warbler: Small warbler with black-spotted, olive green upperparts and black throat and upper breast. Lower breast and sides are yellow with black streaks and belly is white.Face is yellow with black crown and cheek patch and yellow crescent below eye.