During my survey this morning, I heard an interesting song and immediately thought Black-and-white Warbler. I couldn’t get a visual on the bird, so I shrugged it off as me being crazy. A few minutes later, I saw my field partner and she said she thought she heard a Black-and-white Warbler too! I went of the heezy. I tried to track it down, but had no success. I told the MAPS banding crew that there could possibly be a Black-and-white Warbler in the near vicinity and one of the guys said that he may have heard the bird near one of the nets. I searched the area, but came up empty. I went on the next net run with Chris Dodge and the first net we checked was holding this beautiful male Black-and-white Warbler!
Black-and-white Warbler banded at Beal Restoration Area on Havasu NWR on 5-3-2012
Cheryl and I thought we were crazy until the bird found its way in to the net! What a great state bird! The banding crew said that they either see or band a Black-and-white Warbler during migration each spring. We spent an hour and a half at the banding station and had three Wilson’s Warblers, one Green-tailed Towhee, two MacGillivray’s Warblers, and two Western Flycatchers.
Wilson’s Warbler banded at Beal Restoration Area on Havasu NWR on 5-3-2012
Western Flycatcher banded at Beal Restoration Area on Havasu NWR on 5-3-2012
MacGillivray’s Warbler banded at Beal Restoration Area on Havasu NWR on 5-3-2012
