The Yellow-rumped Warblers Return

Yesterday, as I was walking across the U.C. Davis campus I heard, and then saw, my first Yellow-rumped Warbler of the fall!  It was a Myrtle’s subspecies foraging in the top of a small eucalyptus tree next to Wellman Hall.  Throughout the winter, the whole town of Davis will be covered with thousands of Yellow-rumped Warblers.  They are a spectacular, ubiquitous, site!  It is a sure sign that fall has arrived.  It will be interesting to see if West Sacramento also get showered with flocks of these birds.