Yellow Rumped

Yellow-Rumped Warbler

(Dendroicacoronate)

Photographed in the wild, Naples, Florida      Apr 2008

The Yellow-Rumped Warbler is one of the most common warblers in North America. Other warblers have dark-streaked, blue-grey upper parts and bright yellow rump. Head is black with yellow crown, white eye-rings, and faint eye stripes. Wings are dark with yellow shoulder patches and two white bars. Tail is dark with white corners. Juvenile resembles female but lacks yellow crown, shoulder patches, and tail markings.

This is the only warbler able to digest the waxes found in bayberries and wax myrtles. Its ability to use these fruits allows it to winter farther north than other warblers, sometimes as far north as Newfoundland.

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Palm Warbler

Palm Warbler 

(Dendroicapalmarum)

Photographed in the wild,

Naples, Florida             Mar 2007

Marco Island, Florida   Mar 2012

Kissimmee, Florida      Mar 2016

The rusty-capped Palm Warbler can be most easily recognized by the tail-wagging habit that shows off its yellow under tail. It breeds in bogs and winters primarily in the southern United States and Caribbean.

Eastern birds have brownish olive upper parts, yellow under parts, and rusty streaks on their breasts and flanks. Western birds have light under parts with darker streaks on their breasts and grey-brown upper parts.

Despite the name, Palm Warblers generally don't forage or roost in palm trees, even during their winter months in Florida or the tropics. The "Yellow Palm Warbler" is a more colourful version found in smaller numbers in the extreme eastern portions of North America.

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Northern Parula

Northern Parula Warbler

Setophaga americana

Photographed in the wild, Kissimmee, Florida   Mar 2016

A small warbler of the upper canopy, the Northern Parula can be found in two rather distinct populations. The southern population nests primarily in hanging Spanish moss, while the northern population uses the similar-looking old man's beard lichen.

Pairs often return to same nesting site year after year. Males sing during migration and throughout nesting season, even when feeding young. Built solely by the female, but the male accompanies her on trips to the nest.

Pairs often return to same nesting site year after year. Males sing during migration and throughout nesting season, even when feeding young. Nest: Placed usually in a hollow excavated in hanging tree lichens (Usnea) or Spanish moss, 4-50' above the ground.

  

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Blackburnian Warblers

Blackburnian Warbler

 (Dendroicafusca)

Photographed in the wild, Muskoka, Canada  Sep 2008

A bird of the coniferous forests of the Northeast parts of North America. The Blackburnian Warbler is breathtaking in its brilliant orange-and-black breeding plumage. No other North American warbler has an orange throat.

The Blackburnian Warbler is territorial on its breeding grounds and solitary in the winter. It forms flocks only during migration. Although the Blackburnian Warbler does not associate with other birds while it is nesting, it will join foraging flocks of chickadees, kinglets, and nuthatches after the young fledge. The warbler will follow the mixed flock with its begging young. The begging of the warbler chicks can even attract chickadees.

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Warblers

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Blackburnian                         N. Parula                            Palm                               Yellow Rumped

They are mostly brownish or dull greenish in color. They tend to be more easily heard than seen. 

Identification can be difficult and may be made on the basis of song alone. 

These are  New World Warbler.