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Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 12, 2025 08:04 by Anonymous eBirder
- Pismo SB--Oceano Campground, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6265268&<ll...>,-120.6265268 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S266857571 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Decided to chase this bird found by KH and HE, since they’ve found a few this year (one on san simeon road if I’m remembering correctly). I feared my luck would run out with this species if I didn’t search… luckily it was still in same area; continuing at north end of maintenance road flying back and forth across road, sometimes chasing or being chased by other warblers. I first heard this bird’s sweet chip, which sounded sharper than a yellow, maybe slightly shorter than a yellow’s call—that was when I first entered the maintenance road from the south. I finally spotted the bird in a mixed flock with an orange-crowned warbler and wilson’s warbler, high in canopy—maybe fifteen feet up. Also present: many bushtits, chickadees, a vireo, a jay, titmouse, and a racoon family of four in a nearby tree. The raccoon family stared while the birds were all on the move. The parula, which also sang song snippets, I could see in my brief looks, had a short tail, white underside (and undertail) with an egg-yolk chest, and a broken eyering on a grey head. I did spot white wingbars on grey wings, but don’t recall seeing its back, or its throat (at least don’t recall the throat). It did appear to be an adult. The bird eventually flew eastward, into the flooded area of the campground trail, east lakeside. Crappy photos."
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