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A Nashville Warbler Bathing in the Pond During Migration

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Nashville Warbler ( Oreothlypis ruficapilla ridgwayi ) photos by Larry Jordan I have been enjoying some first time visitors to my yard this fall, including several warblers, one of which is the western Nashville Warbler ( Oreothlypis ruficapilla ridgwayi ). Here’s a short video of the Nashville Warbler taking that bath.

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May Warblers, Costa Rican Style

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For myself and surely thousands of other birders, May is when I saw my first of many birds. May migration in many parts of eastern North America was and is an amazing natural celebration. Yes, the birding is truly exciting but we just don’t have the annual parade of breeding plumaged, singing warblers, grosbeaks, and orioles.

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Wood Warbler Names Done Right

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For many North American birders, wood warblers represent everything exciting, compelling, and immediate about birding. Consider some examples: NAMED FOR OTHER BIRDS. Somehow, the northernmost redstart in the Americas didn’t receive the same treatment. Even worse, such sobriquets obscure insight into the birds themselves.

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Black Swifts Nesting at McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park

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Even though the overall breeding range remains largely unchanged from that in the 1940′s, the entire coastal population has been in recent severe decline. McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park offers close viewing of these birds as well as interpretive signs throughout the park.

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Birds of the United States (and Provinces) of (North) America

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When I drive a bit north to Lake Cuitzeo during the winter season, all the visiting Peeps ( Least , Western , and Baird’s Sandpipers , as well as Sanderlings ) and Plovers ( Semipalmated and Black-bellied ) connect me with North America’s Arctic shores. I am so recently arrived that I still have my Canadian (breeding) plumage.