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NOVEMBER 11, 2020

But others, such as Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers and Black-and-White , Orange-crowned and Nashville Warblers, spend the winter here in Mexico’s southwest. Many of the birds from Canada and the eastern United States travel over the Caribbean, or around the Gulf of Mexico, to winter in Central and South America. No identity politics here.

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OCTOBER 29, 2022

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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OCTOBER 27, 2021

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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SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

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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AUGUST 27, 2019

Lots of warblers were found, including Grace’s, Nashville, Virginia, Red-faced, Hermit, Lucy’s and Wilson’s. This is the Nashville Warbler that we found while trying in vain to track down a reported Tri-color Heron. Here is that Red-necked Phalarope.

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OCTOBER 30, 2017

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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APRIL 4, 2020

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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FEBRUARY 19, 2020

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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SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

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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4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 1, 2010

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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APRIL 22, 2020

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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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

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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OCTOBER 6, 2013

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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OCTOBER 15, 2012

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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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

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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JULY 17, 2015

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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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 21, 2019

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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MAY 18, 2015

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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DECEMBER 20, 2015

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

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

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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10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2019

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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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2013

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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10,000 Birds

MAY 14, 2012

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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10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2021

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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10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2013

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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SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

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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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

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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10,000 Birds

JUNE 10, 2020

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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MAY 2, 2020

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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10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2011

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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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

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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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 12, 2018

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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MAY 5, 2014

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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10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2012

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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MAY 2, 2014

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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10,000 Birds

JUNE 19, 2013

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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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2011

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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