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White to move and mate in two #687 - The Backyard Bird Chronicles [1]
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Date: 2025-07-03
When I first saw this tiny bird on the suet feeder a couple of months ago, I experienced what I call “New Bird Tachycardia,” palpitations from the excitement of spotting a species that I have never before seen in my yard. I thought perhaps this would be a one-time visitor, and to capture it in my mind, I followed Jack Laws’s technique of saying aloud the most prominent features, its behavior and the situation. “Neon yellow and black head, beak is warbler style, body as small as a chickadee, black mask, dull olive back, some yellow on body. On the verandah suet feeder. Jabbing action. Omigod? It’s looking at me. Displeased expression. Sorry...” I then quickly made a rough drawing, so I would not forget. I found a possible match on iBird. Townsend’s Warbler, a brightly colored male. Within the hour, the warbler returned, and I confirmed the ID. I wished a fellow birder was there so I could brag over a bird I believed would be a rare one-off.
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