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Townsend's Warbler:
The Townsend’s Warbler (Dendroica townsendi) was among the many species first collected by John Kirk Townsend during his expedition with Thomas Nuttall through the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Coast in 1834. The description of Townsend’s Warbler first appeared in the
Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia" in 1837, written by Nuttall under Townsend’s name (see below). The first specimen seems to have been procured in the forests along the Columbia River near Fort Vancouver, Washington.
-- (Information courtesy Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University, "The Birds of North American, Online", 2009)
John Kirk Townsend, 1836:
"Sylvia Townsendi, (Nuttall.), Townsend's Warbler. Description. Colour bright olive-green, spotted with black; head, cheeks, throat and breast, black; flanks spotted with black; line over the eye a broad diverging one beneath to the shoulder and belly, yellow; rump, two banks on the wings, and the inner webs of the three lateral tail feathers on each side, almost wholly white. The female of this species is unknown. Inhabits the shady forests of the Columbia river, where it probably breeds."
-- (Source: John Kirk Townsend, 1836, Description of Twelve New Species of Birds, chiefly from the vicinity of the Columbia river, IN: Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1837, Vol.II, Part II.)
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Vancouver Trout Hatchery, Vancouver, Washington ...
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Townsend's Warbler, Vancouver Trout Hatchery, Vancouver, Washington.
Image taken March 17, 2010.
Canon Rebel XSi, 200mm.
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Vancouver, Washington ...
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Townsend's Warbler, Vancouver, Washington.
Image taken March 7, 2009.
Canon EOS 40d, 400mm.
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Townsend's Warbler, Vancouver, Washington.
Image taken March 8, 2009.
Canon EOS 40d, 400mm.
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Townsend's Warbler, Vancouver, Washington.
Image taken March 22, 2009.
Canon EOS 40d, 400mm.
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Townsend's Warbler, Vancouver, Washington.
Image taken March 8, 2009.
Canon EOS 40d, 400mm.
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Townsend's Warbler, Vancouver, Washington.
Image taken March 8, 2009.
Canon EOS 40d, 400mm.
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Backyard feeder, Vancouver, Washington ...
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Townsend's Warbler, Vancouver, Washington.
Image taken March 7, 2009.
Canon EOS 40d, 400mm.
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Townsend's Warbler, Vancouver, Washington.
Image taken March 7, 2009.
Canon EOS 40d, 400mm.
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Townsend's Warbler, Vancouver, Washington.
Image taken March 8, 2009.
Canon EOS 40d, 400mm.
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Townsend's Warbler, Vancouver, Washington.
Image taken March 8, 2009.
Canon EOS 40d, 400mm.
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Townsend's Warbler, Vancouver, Washington.
Image taken March 22, 2009.
Canon EOS 40d, 400mm.
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"it's snowing !!!" ... Oregon Junco and Townsend's Warbler (left image), and Townsend's Warbler, male (right image), Vancouver, Washington.
Image taken December 29, 2009.
Canon Rebel XSi, 200mm.
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