I had a wonderful time during the Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory Spring Birding Festival! Here is a staff member during a banding demo with a Great Crested Flycatcher.
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A brightly-coloured songbird is shown in profile. It has white markings on its face and wing bands. There are yellow patches under the wings and on top of the head. This bird is surrounded by small leaves and other warblers.
Final day of the Spring Migration Series! Hope you enjoyed this bouquet of warblers
The Yellow-rumped Warbler, setophaga coronata, is widely distributed across N. America.
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This image shows a songbird in profile. It has a bright yellow neck with black bands running down its breast. There is a black stripe that runs from it's beak to its neck. There are white markings above and below the eye and on the wings. The bird is surrounded by other warblers and some leaves.
Day 11 (of 12) Spring Migration Series
The Magnolia Warbler, setophaga magnolia, winters in Caribbean and Central America.
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A small songbird with amber feathers and a black head. There are white wing bands and it is seen from the side, in profile. There are leaves in the back ground and other warblers surround it.
Day 10 of the Spring Migration Series
The Bay-breasted Warbler, setophaga castanea, is another species with elevated numbers due to an outbreak of spruce budworm.
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A brightly coloured songbird with black feathers on its head and back, orange marking on the wings. It is surrounded by other birds and green leaves.
Day 9 of the daily Spring Migration Series
The American Redstart is an active feeder, flashing bright plumage as it works its way through the trees.
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The warblers keep arriving! Spring Migration Series, Day 8.
Today’s warbler is the appropriately named Nashville Warbler, leiothlypis ruficapilla, a boisterous yellow songster that winters in Central America.
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Brightly coloured painting of a warbler with a black band over its face, a yellow neck and brown body. It is surrounded by other warbler species and leaves.
Another day, another warbler! Spring Migration Series, Day 7.
Today’s species is the Common Yellowthroat, geothlypis trichas, which tends to feed near wetlands and marshes.
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A brightly coloured yellow warbler is singing, it is surrounded by leaves and other warbler species
Spring Migration Series, Day 6
Celebrating birding season with 12 local warbler species. The Yellow Warbler (setophaga petechia), is a prolific singer, with a song that sounds like: ‘sweet sweet sweet I’m so sweet’.
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Day 5 of the Spring Migration Series
The Black-throated Blue Warbler, setophaga caerulescens, feeds in the lower canopy of hardwood forests. Love the striking plumage!
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Spring migration series, day 4
The blackpoll warbler often arrives early during migration season, as it travels over 2800 kms from South America to northern forests.
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Spring migration series, day 3
Today’s bird is the black-throated green warbler, an absolute beauty. Bird watchers be warned, spotting this colourful species in the high canopy may induce ‘warbler neck’.
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Spring Migration Series, Day 2
Celebrating birding season with 12 local warbler species. Today we take a look at the Chestnut-sided warbler, commonly found along clearings and thickets with young saplings.
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PEPtBO's Birding is for EveryBODY launches May 9.
Let’s kick this off with no. 12, the Western Palm Warbler. Unlike most warblers, this species is a ground forager, breeding in the boreal forest.
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A painting of 12 warbler species facing to the left, mixed with green leaves.
An identification chart with 12 warbler species.
12 Local Warblers, acrylic on panel, 30” x 30”
The staff at Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory (PEPtBO) provided a list of the 12 warblers most commonly banded in 2024. I designed the list into this painting.
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