Diario de billhubick

Ash-throated Flycatcher is a common breeder in deciduous woodlands across most of Monterey County, especially around chaparral and at elevation. They can also be found in many riparian habitats. Interestingly, they are absent as breeders in the coastal pine forest of the Monterey Peninsula, where they are rarely detected as migrants.

I still need it for my 5-mile radius list!
(but I have Great Crested, a rare eastern vagrant in the same genus!)

📸: (c) Karen Krieger - 5/5/2024
https://ebird.org/checklist/S172448083

🔍 More at eBird:
https://ebird.org/species/astfly

Bill

Western Tanagers were migrating along the coast this morning and likely throughout Monterey County. This individual was one of several in a mixed flock dominated by Hooded Orioles at El Carmelo Cemetery.

Western Tanager is a fairly common migrant in the county, occasionally in large and conspicuous pulses, and with a long spring migration window continuing well into June. In Monterey County, the species nests at elevation in the Santa Lucia range and on Fremont Peak (Roberson, 2002).

Bill