I found this bird flitting about the tops of these small trees and brush in a small gulley near the Deschutes river. This is probably 700 feet elevation, and desert.
I unfortunately didn't hear any song, and had very short views of him, but from the pictures, it has a prominent yellow belly extending to the tail, and up to the chin. The head is a contrasting gray with white eye rings, and the wings are slightly darker.
So it looks like a Nashville Warbler. Sibley says thats possible here, but there are no ebird records for it here, and the habitat doesn't seem right. I thought about Pac-slope flycatchers, chats, and other warblers, but none of them seem to fit. Soo... Nashville?
I unfortunately didn't hear any song, and had very short views of him, but from the pictures, it has a prominent yellow belly extending to the tail, and up to the chin. The head is a contrasting gray with white eye rings, and the wings are slightly darker.
So it looks like a Nashville Warbler. Sibley says thats possible here, but there are no ebird records for it here, and the habitat doesn't seem right. I thought about Pac-slope flycatchers, chats, and other warblers, but none of them seem to fit. Soo... Nashville?
