Canada Warbler, staring right into your soul.

Seen last month in San Francisco. This is a rare bird at any time in California, and an extremely rare bird anywhere in the US in the winter.

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Lucy's Warbler, Golden Gate Park. San Francisco. You can just make out its chestnut rump below the wingtips.

This bird isn't typically around here, with this about the 10th record for the city. Ordinarily, they fly from their breeding grounds (southern Nevada down to Sonora, Mexico) to winter on the Pacific slope of Mexico, but some head NW instead of SE.

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Yellow-throated Warbler, Cozumel. It's hard to shed the mindset that these are somehow "our" northern warblers; really, they're just as much at home down south as they are where they breed.

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Common Yellowthroat, perhaps letting the universe know he's had enough.

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Yellow-faced Grassquit, posing nicely. A common bird in much of Central America and the Caribbean.

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Theona Checkerspot, Cozumel. A fabulous (and very small) brushfoot butterfly.

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Great-tailed Grackle, displaying on Cozumel I., Mexico. A common (and loud!) bird, and under-appreciated I think.

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