THE CREAGRUS
CALIFORNIA LIST
A personal
portfolio
all photos & text by Don Roberson
all photos taken in California
CERULEAN WARBLER Dendroica cerulea
Banders at Big Sur Ornithology Lab caught this young male 4 Oct 1995, and
telephoned me at work. I arrived in time to take in-hand photos (left)
but then I followed it after release for two hours, and obtained photos
"in the wild" (right). During that period it fed actively with a mixed
flock, poked around here and there in cottonwoods, and bathed in the Big
Sur River.
The CERULEAN WARBLER is a very rare vagrant in California, with
just over a dozen fall and spring vagrant records. It is among the very
rarest of eastern warbler in the State; each one is an exceptional treat.
Almost all have been at classic vagrant traps along the coast or east of
the Sierra (but there is an astonishing record from Yosemite Valley!).
My personal discovery of my own "state" bird was one of my better finds
in California.
All of my California records are listed below. Those preceded by H
were
found or co-found by me personally; those preceded by
K
receive
some partial credit (e.g., I was involved in sorting out i.d. of a previously
discovered bird or refound a vagrant that had been thought to have left).
These are my personal Cerulean Warbler records:
H
10/25/79
Carmel R. mouth MTY imm male; description & sketch
in my notes — this was my first big find after moving to MTY
10/4/95 Big Sur R. mouth MTY imm
male; in-hand photos at BSOL; typed description & distant field photos
while following for 2 hours
See the family page for county abbreviations. All photos & text ©
2003 Don Roberson; all rights reserved.
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North American Birds editors
in their research is granted, and serious researchers in general are granted
permission to use the records cited herein.
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