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Hooded Warbler

This guy absolutely stole the show for me today at Irvine Nature Center. While not uncommon by any means, Hoodeds aren’t a species I get to see everyday, so when the short boisterous warble of the male rang out in the forest I was really excited. A species of the understory, they’re quite comfortable foraging at eye level and lower, although this can mean that they’re often hard to see, despite boasting strikingly yellow cheeks and underparts which contrast nicely with the olive back and, of course, the black hood. It was a pleasure to spend a couple hours with this bird, who was completely unbothered by my presence and was happy to sing and forage the morning away while I observed in awe.

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Uploaded on May 17, 2019
Taken on May 11, 2019