Tag: WARBLERS
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A Splash of Colour
The spring fashion show has birders gazing in awe at the variety of bright colors that have appeared in our forests, parks and even in our yards. Male warblers are looking their feathered best with Black-throated Blue, Blackburnian and even the Common Yellowthroat strutting their stuff. Many will head further north while others will remain.…
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Moving in Silence
A major difference between spring and fall migration is the sound. In the fall there isn’t much to hear. Songbirds are moving through in good numbers with warblers, vireos, flycatchers, tanagers, orioles and others busily looking for insects so they can fatten up for the flight ahead, but they mainly do it in silence. You…
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The Flood Gates Are Opening
Warblers are among the high points of spring migration. These small birds of about three dozen species flit about the shrubbery checking for insects and offering us not only a bevy of colours – orange, red, blue, green and plenty of yellow – but a rich mixture of songs. There are warbles of course, trills,…