Rear-view-mirror attacking Yellow-rump
As he says, I’ve seen towhees do this, but not warblers, eh?
For the fun of it
Larry

From: CALBIRDS@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CALBIRDS@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of aviduetsky@yahoo.com [CALBIRDS]
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2018 10:12 PM
To: CALBIRDS@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [CALBIRDS] Yellow-rumped Warbler self-attack

Hello birders,

On Sunday, Oct. 07, I tried in vain to find a previously reported Indigo Bunting at the Los Angeles County Arboretum in Arcadia (after hours of searching, I still was unable to locate it).

While I was at the parking lot, I noticed a Yellow-rumped Warbler was attacking its own reflection at a car’s mirror. I’ve seen California Towhees doing that numerous times, but never seen a Warbler displaying such self-destructing aggression.

If interested, here’s a link to some of my photos of the incident: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmrqUY6R

Good birding,

Alexander Viduetsky

Valley Village, CA