After we have seen a species in certain localities, our subsconcious expects them when the surroundings are similar.
WILSON WARBLERS and Syringa are associated because nearly every year I see one or more in that bush near our porch.
They are among the most venturesome of the Warblers and expend some of their intense energy in long flights into Canada.
They combine Flycatcher, Warbler and Creeper traits, taking their prey wherever they find it — on ground, tree or air. There is no mistaking these birds. A black head patch and you know it is a Wilson!
Eastern North America from tree limit in Mackenzie, Ungava and Saskatchewan, southward in migration along the Alleghenies.