Birds of Mount Shasta Warblers

Entry 107. Helminthophila rubricapilla gutturalis. Calaveras Warbler. [Vermivora ruficapilla Nashville Warbler]

Common in the chaparral at Wagon Camp, where several specimens were collected the last half of July. Later the species was seen with other warblers in the trees higher up on the mountain.

Entry 108. Helminthophila celata lutescens. Lutescent Warbler. [Vermivora celata Orange-crowned Warblers]

Fairly common and apparently breeding at Wagon Camp, in the lower edge of the Shasta firs, where two were collected July 20. One was shot in the alpine hemlocks on Squaw Creek August 6 by Vernon Bailey.

Orange-crowned Warblers © 1999 Doug Von Gausig.

Entry 109. Dendroica aestiva. Yellow Warbler. [petechia?]

Seen at Sisson, the middle of July, by Miss Merriam. The only one seen on the mountain was shot in the chaparral near the edge of the fir forest at Wagon Camp July 29 by John H. Sage. Common in bushes along Shasta River in Shasta Valley (W.K. Fisher).

Entry 110. Dendroica auduboni. Audubon Warbler. [Dendroica coronata auduboni Yellow-rumped Warbler]

Abundant throughout the forest region of Shasta, from timberline down to the lower edge of the Canadian zone. At Wagon Camp Miss Merriam saw them feeding fullgrown young July 18 and August 1. In August and September they were seen daily at our camp in the alpine hemlocks, often in mixed flocks of chickadees and other birds. When we left Wagon Camp, September 25, they were still common there. August 9 and 10, spotted young were collected, one with the brown sides coming in and one with the yellow just beginning to show. At Sisson, Miss Merriam saw them the middle of July, and R.T. Fisher found them common the first half of September.

Audubon Warbler

Entry 111. Dendroica occidentalis. Hermit Warbler.

Fairly common in the Hudsonian and upper part of the Canadian forest during August (collected at Squaw Creek Camp at intervals from August 3 to August 28); not seen in July.

Entry 112. Geothylpis tolmei. Macgillivray Warbler. [Oporornis tolmei MacGillivray's Warbler]

Seen at Sisson and Wagon Camp about the middle of July, and again at the latter locality August 1 and August 3. One was shot in Mud Creek Canyon at an altitude of 6,700 feet by W.H. Osgood August 7. In July and August, 1883, C.H. Townsend found it not uncommon on the mountain.

Entry 115. Wilsonia pusilla pileolata. Pileolated Warbler. [Wilson's Warbler]

Common in Mud Creek Canyon the latter part of July and early August; seen at Sisson July 13 by W.H. Osgood, and at Wagon Camp August 3 by Miss Merriam; several seen at Squaw Creek in flocks of chickadees and warblers during August and September; seen in wild cherry bushes at Wagon Camp September 25. In the summer of 1883 C.H. Townsend found it rather common on Shasta.