[Douglbirds] Migrating Warblers

[Kirk Huffstater - Creative Gardenscapes]

Although I don't normally get many warblers in my yard, I had a few today......what a treat!

There were at least 3 Yellow-rumped (Audubon's) Warblers, flitting around my waterfall.  It was fun to watch, since I also got to witness them chasing off a couple of hummingbirds, which also seemed to want to be around the waterfall.  Every time a hummer would come close, the Yellow-rumped Warbler would dart out and chase it away.

There were also 2 other warblers, that were either Wilson's or Hooded Warblers, but I did not get a look with my binoculars.  I watched them in my Russian Olive trees for about 2 minutes, at a distance of only 15-20', but did not have my binocs; once I decided to make a dash for the optics and returned, they were gone.  I've seen many Wilson's Warblers before, but these appeared to have more deeply olive-colored backs, seemed larger (Wilson's are so small), and had some white-ish borders in their tails, visible only when they flew.  They did have some black on the top of their heads, but I could not get an accurate accounting of how much, without my binoculars.  Even after several other "sneaky" attempts to find them, I could not.  I'd love to have some inputs on this ID, and the possibility that they were actually Hooded Warblers.

Good Birding,

Kirk Huffstater
Castle Rock, CO

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