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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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Those Springtime Blues

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I have managed to see 4 Warbling Vireos at the same time, 3 Nashville Warblers , 3 Yellow-rumped Warblers , and 2 Wilson’s and Orange-crowned Warblers. Synchronized swimming, courtesy of a Nashville Warbler. Shortly afterwards, a different, still-dry, Nashville Warbler got distracted from the task at hand.

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Waggin’ Train Tail Waggin’ Jingle Contest

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Five finalists will be flown to Nashville during Country Music Awards Week where they’ll perform their jingles for Adkins at a private event. Five finalists will be flown to Nashville, TN, during CMA Awards week in November 2011 to perform their jingle at a private event in front of Trace Adkins. From now until Sept.

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Hot Times at the Old Watering Hole

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Among the constant winter visitors to my garden are several Warblers: Wilson’s , Yellow-rumped (Audubon’s) , Orange-crowned , Nashville , and Black-throated Gray. Nashville Warbler. Winter, of course, is our season for receiving many migratory species. A male Indigo Bunting has been an especially welcome visitor this year.

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Cooperative Connecticut Warbler in Queens

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Danny let us know about a bird he had earlier that he was convinced was a Connecticut Warbler , something I teased him about because he has never seen one and it was fun to tell him that he actually had a Nashville Warbler , of which there were at least two in the park.

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Looking for Lost Warblers at Parque Rio Loro, Costa Rica

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Those would be birds like Nashville, Black-throated Blue, Prairie, and Cape-May Warblers. In Costa Rica, those would be the wood-warblers that do a lot more wintering in the southern USA and the Caribbean than in southern Central America.

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Water Feature Visitors

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In addition to my regulars at the pond, this past week included several migratory species… a Nashville Warbler ( Oreothlypis ruficapilla ) and a Yellow Warbler ( Setophaga petechia )… a female Western Tanager ( Piranga ludoviciana )… and a real rarity in my yard, a Black-throated Gray Warbler ( Setophaga nigrescens ).

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Back in the Saddle Again

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This recently-arrived Nashville Warbler was also in a deeply shaded part of Las Mesas’ forests. Males of this species, and of their very close relative the Black-chinned Hummingbird , tend to winter far downhill on the coast. So I am surprised and delighted to have seen males of each species in the past few weeks.

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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.

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Collaborative list – March 2020

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Nashville Warbler ( Leiothlypis ruficapilla ). Black-vented Oriole ( Icterus wagleri ). Baltimore Oriole ( Icterus galbula ). Red-winged Blackbird ( Agelaius phoeniceus ). Common Grackle ( Quiscalus quiscula ). Orange-crowned Warbler ( Leiothlypis celata ). Yellow-rumped Warbler ( Setophaga coronata ). Western Tanager ( Piranga ludoviciana ).

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Welcome, Wood Warblers!

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I did not yet see Orange-crowned , Nashville , MacGillivray’s , or Yellow-rumped (Audubon’s) Warblers. In contrast, this Slate-throated Redstart really knew how to pose. Of course, even after this successful outing, I can still look forward to seeing a good number of other migratory Warblers.

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My Mexican Birdbath

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But it isn’t until late December that the Nashville and Black-throated Gray Warblers join the party, as well as Summer and Western Tanagers, and Warbling Vireos. A month or so later, they are joined by Hooded Orioles, Yellow-rumped ( Audubon ) and Orange-crowned Warblers , and at least one Northern House Wren.

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There goes the neighborhood

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The same can be said for my garden’s Black-throated Gray Warbler (last seen on February 24th), Orange-crowned Warblers (March 19th), Yellow-rumped Warbler (March 27th), and Nashville Warblers (April 7th). Although, oddly enough, my garden is currently hosting a MacGillivray’s Warbler on its way north. That is a garden first!

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of October 2017)

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A late Nashville Warbler , an Orange-crowned Warbler , and a bunch of dabbling ducks were some of his top species. Some lakewatching at the Irondequot Bay Outlet was rewarded by my FOY Purple Sandpiper , a rather brown bird feeding on the rocks of the jetty. Corey saw some decent birds this weekend but nothing that really astounded.

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One Step Forward, One Step Back

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Nashville Warblers are quite common down here, but I did kind of like this one’s pose. I saw both Cassin’s and Plumbeous Vireos on this outing, so thanks, ABA, for the split! Pine Siskins are not all that common in my region, but I’m seeing lots of them this year.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of December 2015)

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Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was actually a bunch of birds, none of which he saw!

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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of October 2013)

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The best bird of my weekend was a perky Magnolia Warbler Corey and I scanned catching flies — the real kind — at a baseball field at Kissena Park.

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A Wild Thrush Chase

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A late Scarlet Tanager , my first Orange-crowned Warbler of the year in Queens, a Nashville Warbler , and a whole bunch of Ruby-crowned Kinglets were all nice. It was a slog through the robin hordes but I found some other birds while looking through all the robins. There were lots of Common Grackles and European Starlings as well.

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Fall Wood-Warblers on Migration

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Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor in Kissena Corridor Park, Queens, New York (click to embiggen) Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus at Fort Tilden, Queens, New York (click to embiggen) American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla in Kissena Park, Queens, New York Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum in Marine Nature Study Area, Oceanside, New York (click to embiggen) (..)

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The Waterhole at Forest Park: The Best Place in New York City to See Wood-Warblers

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At least one Nashville Warbler came through and I didn’t hear a single person call it a Connecticut Warbler. We saw several Prairie Warblers. This Yellow Warbler did not care about the ominous clicking noises coming from the hairless bipeds’ machinery. Magnolia Warblers were dirt-common.

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The Elusive Goal of Bird-Safe Skyscrapers

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Building-stunned bird: Nashville Warbler above by Stephanie Beard, Project BirdSafe, Audubon Minnesota. (Full disclosure: I see this carnage every spring and fall, as I volunteer with Chicago Bird Collision Monitors.) Hopefully, someday, these groups won’t be necessary. News bird collisions glass skyscraper'

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The Power of Pets Initiative

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New York City; Nashville, Tenn.; Nashville, Tenn. – Mars Petcare is collaborating with the YMCA in 5 cities to start, to bring pet-friendly health and physical activity education and programming to communities. For it’s first year the program will premiere in YMCA locations in Washington, D.C.; Chicago; and Portland, Ore.

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The Power of Pets

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Nashville, Tenn.; The first event will take place in Chicago on September 24. Events will follow throughout the fall in cities across the country, including: Washington; Staten Island, N.Y.; San Diego; Austin, Texas; Miami; and Portland, Ore. If you have an event in your area and attend, we would love to hear about it.

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Birds at Tanner’s Spring, Central Park, Manhattan

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Nashville Warbler Vermivora ruficapilla. Tanner’s Spring is its name and the small pool of water, really more of a large puddle, is a favorite place for New York City birders and bird photographers to get great looks at and images of a wide variety of birds coming in to bathe and drink.

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Two Hours at the Forest Park Waterhole

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All of the images in this post were taken in that two-hour period on Saturday – and I left out several species of wood-warbler, to say nothing of the Scarlet Tanager , Red-eyed Vireo , and Baltimore Oriole … Blackburnian Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler wanting a Worm-eating Warbler to give up the bath Black-throated Green Warbler Common (..)

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No Place Like Home

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Common migratory visitors include Warbling Vireos , Hooded Orioles , and Yellow-rumped , Wilson’s , Nashville , Orange-crowned , and Black-throated Gray Warblers. Blue Mockingbird s are daily visitors in the spring, and in this time of year, are important contributors to my garden soundtrack.

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Away From it All: The North Cascades

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I’ve missed the saucy, parrot-like corvids more than I can say since moving back east, so this started my every day on a good note – as did looking out the bedroom window to see Nashville Warblers and Lazuli Buntings moving their newly-fledged chicks around the yard.

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Wood Warbler Names Done Right

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I love Nashville Warblers from every angle. Not only do these species lack any special attachment to the areas in question, but Wilson earns extra demerits for mixing states and cities with a decidedly unscientific sloppiness. Instead, you’ll find it in thick deciduous woods.

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My Subtropical Bird Garden

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A Nashville Warbler , on the jacaranda tree. And when I’m lucky enough to have a Golden-fronted Woodpecker visit the garden, I know that, for some reason, it will be on the jacaranda tree. Plus, it’s my other freebie! There’s a Berylline Hummingbird in there. The one at the top of this post is a Broad-billed Hummingbird.

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Light Warbler Action in Central Park

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It had been a long time since I’d seen any warblers besides Yellow and Nashville ; it had been a long time since I’d seen any Northern Cardinals or Blue Jays , period. It had been a long time since I birded Central Park.

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Can An Early Arriving Spring Bird Survive Late Snow?

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Above is a photo of Yellow-rumped Warblers and a Nashville Warbler feeding off of some discarded frames for a beehive. Sure, they may arrive well before other bird species and risk getting caught in a cold snap without an ample source of food, but they are willing to investigate new sources.

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Collaborative list – April 2020

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Nashville Warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla). Melodious Blackbird (Dives dives). Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula). Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus). Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina). Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata). Virginia’s Warbler (Leiothlypis virginiae). Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia).

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Migration Comes to Me

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A Nashville Warbler in full song made this special moment all the more momentous. The trees in my yards and those around me were filled with migrants, including Warbling Vireo , Bay-breasted Warbler , and more Cape May Warblers than I’ve seen at one time in my life.

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Hark, a Lark (Sparrow)! Make That Two!

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With some extra time on my hands after finishing up at work a little early yesterday I figured I would stop back at the park and see what was still around and I was rather pleased when I spotted the Blue Grosbeak within minutes of my arrival.

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Birds in Winter: A Book Review, Written in Winter

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I found myself thinking of Birds in Winte r earlier this week, as I searched Willow Lake, a marshy, under-birded area near my home, for two elusive overwintering warblers, an Orange-crowned and a Nashville: food must be scarce and there’s little cover from predators, so those birds were covering a wide area, low to the ground, and understandably (..)

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The Little Big Year – Week 43: Last minute trip to Texas

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At the same water spot, there were severa l Nashville Warblers coming and going. And this White-tailed Hawk was hanging around a field, along Brushline Road. This White-eyed Vireo was found at a small watering hole at Santa Ana NWR. At the WBC, we found this ultra-rare (for here) first winter Magnolia Warbler.

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Winter Wood-Warblers in Southeast Florida

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Rarities such as Blue-winged Warbler , Hooded Warbler , and Nashville Warbler have all been recorded multiple times, and these records raise a lot of questions as to which species spend the winter regularly in the comparatively underbirded Caribbean islands.

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Slowing down Chimney Swifts

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Birds that had been banded in Nashville, Tennessee. Apparently the Indians had been smoking out a massive dead tree in the rainforest to harvest the birds roosting inside, a practice centuries old, only to find, this time, tiny metal bands on their legs. And thus, the wintering grounds of the Chimney Swift were discovered.

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Birding at the Tip of Florida: A Bit of Everything

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By only driving four hours to the south, birders can easily double that figure with species like Cape May , Wilson’s , and Nashville Warbler – and there are always surprises such as a wintering Blue-winged or Hooded Warbler. Many visitors who come through Orlando or Tampa see maybe eight or ten species on a winter trip.

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The Wood-Warblers Are Back In New York City!

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Or the Nashville Warblers like the one at the top of this post? Or the Chestnut-sided Warblers that were pleased to meet me repeatedly? Or the sweet Yellow Warblers that I spotted in several parks? Or the Common Yellowthroats that lived up to the first word in their name? Yes, it was one heck of a weekend! Chestnut-sided Warbler.

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Black Swifts Nesting at McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park

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Burney Creek Trail follows Burney Creek through a forest of ponderosa pine, Douglas fir, incense cedar and a variety of oaks where American Dipper, White-headed and Pileated Woodpeckers, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Hermit, Black-throated Gray, McGillivray’s, Wilson’s, Nashville, Yellow-rumped and Yellow Warblers, Western Tanager, Cassin’s (..)

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Over the Mountain

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Turning in the other direction to reach the Kim Williams Nature Trail, I was treated almost immediately to the most confiding Nashville Warbler I have ever met, a handsome male bird who landed on a branch just a few yards from my face to sing. The actual avian Ospreys were back in residence, calling loudly to each other.

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High Noon Birding in the Mountains of Los Angeles

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and, after spotting a Nashville Warbler at Chilao, pointed out a young Yellow-rumped Warbler , one of what turned out to be a group of Audubons, and then a MacGillivray’s Warbler. Luke’s day job is spotting hawks , by the way.). Catherine, who is by trade a bird artist , was on fire that day (as she kept telling us!),