My birding life list. One bird at a time.
Hey guys, welcome back! Today is a warbler that is unique in its appearance, making it one of the easiest to ID....in spring that is. Fall is a whole other story. In spring, the bay-breasted is a unique mix of gray, black, cream, and red-brown. No other warbler shares a color scheme like this. In... Continue Reading →
Hey guys, welcome back. Today a truly awesome looking bird, the blackburnian warbler. An eastern warbler, the blackburnian is found pretty much only in the eastern half of the US during migration. They only breed in the northeast, and the upper elevations of the Appalachians. As well as southeastern Canada. Their backs are black and... Continue Reading →
Hey guys welcome back. Today we have another vireo species; the yellow-throated vireo. The yellow-throated vireo is pretty typical of a vireo species. They're warbler-like, but slightly large, and slightly slower. The yellow-throated is a mostly gray bird with darker gray wings, and a white wing bar. They have a dark yellow head, and a... Continue Reading →
Hey guys welcome back! Today's bird is the aptly names and unmistakable black-throated blue warbler. That's a lot to type, so I'll be using the initials BTBW from here on out! The BTBW is one of the most sexually dimorphic warblers out there. In fact the males and females look so different that they were... Continue Reading →
Hey guys, welcome back! Today's bird is the Palm Warbler. Our second (of dozens) warbler species! These little guys typically show up in April, often at the same time, or just after, the Pine Warbler. They spend their summers in Canada, and are one of the northernmost breeding warbler species. In winter, the live in... Continue Reading →
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