Orange-crowned Warbler

[Steve Hood]

The Hooded, Nashville and Orange-crowned Warblers are still hanging out at Sedgewick Forest next to the water treatment plant in Oakville.


Orange-crowned Warbler

[Shortsighted]

How long did it take you to find it?
A nice detailed image too ... of a warbler incognito.
An example (in nature) of expending little energy into being needlessly flashy at a time when no one is looking at you.
I do that all the time because no one is ever looking at me so I appreciate "warbler-dull" livery when I see it.

[Steve Hood]

it only took me 5 minutes to find it.  There are usually other birders in the exact same spot where they feed.  Just walk down the trail next to the fence on the East side of the treatment plant and look near the ground into the forest.  They are usually 10-25 ft from the fence.  The Nashville and Orange-crowned are usually together while the Hooded is a little more reclusive but will drop by every once in a while.  The hardest part is waiting for them to come into the open for a clear shot as they are zigzagging in and among the ground brush.

[Dinusaur]

Lovely image indeed Steve. I dropped by there on Saturday morning and saw three warblers (Orange-crowned, Nashville and the Hooded) together with a Ruby-crowned Kinglet. The micro climate created by the treatment plan is certainly keeps these warblers fed well. It was the second time I saw an Orange-crowned warbler and it was at the same location that I saw my first two years ago.