After last night's borderline frost, a warm morning and sun on the backyard hillside brought out a large, active wave of warblers that included 1 Orange-crowned and 3 Tennessee, and lasted for at least 35 minutes. To be honest I was somewhat overwhelmed by the numbers, which reminded me of an Evergreen Cemetery fallout. I tried mostly to follow and get a good handle on individual birds rather than see them all, which would have been impossible for one person anyway. 3 or 4 birders could definitely have handled the job better. The birds seemed to especially like the wild grape bushes on the hillside, which have plenty of Japanese beetles.
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