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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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Niagara Falls State Park, right above the cataracts, is where I used to bike to on May days to see dozens of fantastic chestnut Bay-breasted Warblers whispering from the canopy, American Redstarts and Tennessee Warblers and Nashville Warblers filling the woods with song. I please guilty to being bedazzle-warbled. Tropical Parula.

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Wood Warbler Names Done Right

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Somehow, the northernmost redstart in the Americas didn’t receive the same treatment. Naming a bird species for the part of the world in which it breeds or resides makes sense. I love Nashville Warblers from every angle. Fortunately Caribbean nature lovers have already provided some possible solutions. NAMED FOR PLACES.

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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. The ecological requirements for Black Swifts to breed restrict them to a very limited supply of nesting locations. Photo from Wikipedia Commons taken by Terry Gray.

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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.