Another one for Waterloo -- YTWA

Just when I figured I had seen all the good birds in Waterloo Region for the year, the Yellow-throated Warbler found by Darlene Lamarre on the 11th, was refound by Darlene yesterday am (Nov. 27th).

At a site visit in Burlington, I headed back to work, where I was going to pick Nathan up and we'd try for it, since both of us didn't have too much going on at work. Walking down the trail, both Nathan and I commented that we didn't expect to see it, since there wasn't too much details provided, however, this was not to be, because after only a few minutes (<5) I picked it out with some Juncos and Kinglets!

We were to able to get some good views of it over the next 20 or so minutes as it fed not too far away. I was even able to get some record shots with my phone through my binoculars.

I was pretty happy with my shots; I've been finding it alot of fun trying to get 'digi' shots with my phone through my bins and scope.

Anyways, as I'm sure many of you know, Yellow-throated Warbler is exceptionally rare in Waterloo Region, with only 1 previous record: April 30, 2010 (Kitchener). And needless to say, was another new county tick for myself.

Given the date that it was found, it'll be interesting to see how long it sticks around. Another interesting note, is that the location is 500m from the Linwood CBC circle...!! Oh well.