Date of this Version On 1 May 1999, I was birding a point along
the north shore of the lake when I encountered as small. flock
of Yellow-rumped and Orange-crowned Warblers. At approximately
8:06 a.m. I was working my way through the flock when I heard a
different chip note. The bird was feeding in a nearby tree, and
I immediately recognized it as a male Black-throated Gray
Warbler. I was able to study the bird at close range until 8:16
a.m. The bird was roughly the size of an Orange-crowned Warbler
and was noticeably smaller and shorter-tailed than a Yellow-
rumped Warbler. The head pattern was striking: solid black
except for a yellow loral spot, a white eyebrow, and a broad
white whisker mark. The throat and upper breast were also black.
The remainder of the underparts was white except for some darker
streaking along the flanks. The mantle was gray and was slightly
paler than the head. The wings were also gray with two narrow
white wingbars. The tail was dark gray above and showed a lot of
white when viewed