The Palm Warbler

Palm Warbler

Location:  Anchorage, AK – 4700 Elmore Road (The MOA Permit Office)

First Seen:  October 18, 2012

Last Seen:  October 19, 2012

Discovered by:  Thede Tobish

Relative Rarity:  Thede says Palm Warblers are “a common rarity” in Alaska.  “1 or 2 are found every year all over the state.”  This, however, is only the 2^ndrecord in our part of the state. The first was 2 years ago when Luke DiCicco discovered a deceased Palm Warbler on the sidewalk of the Girdwood gas station.

Information:  On Wednesday, October 17 2013, Thede posted on AK Birding:  “I’ve started checking chickadee flocks for late migrants.”  21 hours later, he found a Palm Warbler.