Fan-tailed Warbler, An Arizona Vagrant
Fan-tailed Warbler rare vagrant from Mexico foraging on ground at Taylor’s, Eastern Whitetail Canyon, Eastern Chiricahuas, Cochise County, AZ. Lis#J208344 ©Townsend Dickinson April 18, 2018 All Rights Reserved.
Over half of the New World Warblers do not venture north of USA border anytime. Some cross the border occasionally and generally cause a stir when located. One recent spring, April 2018, in Arizona, I missed a Red Warbler seen on Mt. Lemon but did connect with a vagrant Fan-tailed Warbler. This vagrant warbler was found at a private home near the Colibri Winery, East Whitetail Canyon, Cochise County, Arizona. A respectful group of birders watched the usually shy warbler cavort for some time in plain view while foraging on the lawn in a back yard. It is a year round resident that favors lowlands and foothills in Mexico through northern Central America. It is a large distinctive warbler that is gray backed, yellow-orange fronted, with a yellow crown stripe and two white spots around the eye. It forages on the ground and attends foraging army ants.
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