Pine Warbler Bird – Passerines – 5/17/2011 to 12/30/2017

The male Pine Warbler was photographed at Wehr Nature Center on 4/28/2015.

The female Pine Warbler was photographed at Wehr Nature Center on 5/11/2016.

The immature Pine Warbler was photographed at Wehr Nature Center on 5/17/2011.

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The male Pine Warbler has olive-gray uppers with a yellow slightly streaked breast, dark legs, and white under parts, with white striped dark wings. The female Pine Warbler is similar colored to the male but duller. The immature Pine Warbler is drab all over with white wing bars. It has a range of eastern North America. It has a habitat of open pinewoods and pine barrens. It feeds on mostly insects, seeds, berries, and will come for suet at bird feeders.

In December 2017 eleven male Pine Warbler photos were added that were photographed in Pittsboro, North Carolina.

 

 

Prothonotary Warbler Bird – Passerines – 5/18/2014

The male Prothonotary Warbler was photographed at Wehr Nature Center in Franklin, Wisconsin.

The female Prothonotary Warbler is duller than the male and has a lighter bill, and more white below.

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The male Prothonotary Warbler has a bright yellow head and breast with blue gray wings without bars, and a dark bill. The female Prothonotary Warbler is duller in coloring and a lighter bill. It can be difficult to tell from the female. It has a range from the Great Lakes Area to the southeast United States and Gulf Area. It has a habitat in wooded swamp areas. It has a diet of insects and snails. It nests in holes in trees and sometimes in birdhouses.

 

 

Nashville Warbler Bird – Passerines – 5/12/2013

This Nashville Warbler was photographed in Muskego, Wisconsin

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The Nashville Warbler has a gray head, yellow throat with a olive-green back and no wing bars. It has a bright white-eye ring. Males may show a dull chestnut crown patch. It has a range of southern Canada, and western and northern United States. It has a habitat of cool open mixed woods with undergrowth, forest edges, and bogs. The diet is mostly insects including beetles, caterpillars, grasshoppers,  leafhoppers, aphids, including eggs and larvae.

 

Northern Parula Warbler Bird – Passerines – 5/20/2011

The female Northern Parula Warbler was sited and photographed at the Wehr Nature Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The male Northern Parula Warbler was photographed two years later than the female (4/15/2013) in Joplin, Missouri

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The female Northern Parula Warbler is a bluish warbler with a yellow throat and breast and two wing bars. They are brightly colored active birds with thin needlepointed bills. A green patch on the back is a clinching point for identification. The male Northern Parula Warbler is darker in coloring and is distinguished from the female by a dark band across the breast. They are impressive to first see flittering in the trees and brushes. Its habitat is mainly in humid woods. It mainly eats insects. Its normal range is eastern half of the states and Canada. It winters in Florida, Mexico to the West Indies, Nicaragua. I sighted the female on the migration North for two days at the Wehr Nature Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I saw the male two years later in Joplin, Missouri.

You can see the sited location at the Wehr Nature Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin by clicking the link below.

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Palm Warbler Bird – Passerines – 5/8/2010

The Palm Warbler is one of the first Warblers that I photographed. This one was photographed from an uptairs window.

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The Palm Warbler is brown above and yellowish or whitish below. In the spring it has a chestnut cap. The breast is narrowly streaked. It has a habitat of wooded borders, low trees, bushes, and ground cover. It likes to hide behind branches and cover in shaded places. It has a normal range of Canada and the NE United States. It Winters in the South United States to the Caribbean area. They feed on insects and berries.

 

Wilson’s Warbler Bird – Passerines – 5/16/2011

The Wilson’s Warbler was sited and photographed at thje Wehr Nature Center, Milwaukee, Wiscosin. It was one of the first spring migration Warblers seen and photographed, but wasn’t identified until later.

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This Wilson’s Warbler was one of the first spring migration Warblers seen at my house and then at the Wehr Nature Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The male is yellow color with a round black cap, a yellow stripe above the eye, and a grayish top. I didn’t see a female, who is similar except may not show black cap. The habitat is in thickets along wooded streams, moist tangles, low shrubs, or willow trees. The range is Canada and the eastern New England States.

You can see the sited location at the Wehr Nature Center, Milwaukee, WI by clicking the link below. The Wilson’s Warbler was sighted this year at my yard and the Wehr Nature Center, Milwaukee, WI.

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Common Yellowthroat Warbler – passerines – 5/17/2011

The Common Yellowthroat Warbler was sited and photographed at the Wehr Nature Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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This male Common Yellowthroat Warbler is the only one I have seen, and the only photo I got. The male is above olive-brown color with a black facemask, a yellow throat, and a whitish belly. There is a white strip marking above the black mask. I didn’t see a female, who is similar except for the black mask. The habitat is swamps, marshes, and wet thickets. The range is the United States and Canada.

You can see the sited location at the Wehr Nature Center, Milwaukee, WI by clicking the link below. The Common Yellowthroat Warbler was sighted this year at the Wehr Nature Center, Milwaukee, WI.

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Northern Waterthursh Warbler – passerines – 5/20/2011

The Northern Waterthrush is an aberrant Warbler spiecies that is brown-backed with a pale creamy yellow eyebrow stripe; under parts are often yellowish striped.

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The Northern Waterthrush is brown-backed with a pale yellow or creamy eyebrow stripe; under parts striped often yellowish. Often walks at the waters edge in a teetering manner. Habitats are swampy, wet woods, stream sides, lake shores, and thickets. My sighting saw the Northern Waterthrush beside the stream and feeding on insects under the logjam. Needless to say, this made it difficult to photograph.

You can see the sited location at the Wehr Nature Center, Milwaukee, WI by clicking the link below.

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Chestnut – Sided Warbler Bird – Passerines, 5/20/2011

The Chestnut-Sided Warbler was sighted and photographed at the Wehr Nature Center, Milwaukee, WI.

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The Chestnut-Sided Warbler has a yellow crown with chestnut sides, white below, and yellow black striped above. Habitat is open bushy thickets and briars. Range is upper Northeastern states and Canada. It winters in Central America.

You can see the sited location at the Wehr Nature Center, Milwaukee, WI by clicking the link below. The Chestnut-Sided Warbler was sighted this year at the Wehr Nature Center, Milwaukee, WI.

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Yellow Warbler Bird – passerines – 5/20/2011

 

The Yellow Warbler was sited and photographed at the Wehr Nature Center, Milwaukee, WI.

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No other Warbler is so extensively yellow as the Yellow Warbler. The male has rusty breast streaks. The female has faint or is lacking breast streaks. The habitat is bushes, swamp edges, streams, or gardens. Eats most insects. The range is the northern half of the US and Canada.

You can see the sited location at the Wehr Nature Center, Milwaukee, WI by clicking the link below. The Yellow Warbler was sighted this year at the Wehr Nature Center, Milwaukee, WI.

Select this link to see the Yellow Warbler site where it was sighted and photographed.