Beautiful. I love to read your posts early in the morning over coffee, kitchen window wide open to hear the birds as accompaniment. This morning a mocking bird is really telling a story! He just told me " budget budget budget, weep weep weep budget weep" And he pegged it utterly. Thank you, James.
Palms were more abundant than expected for me a handful of falls ago, so maybe they’re early to arrive and late to depart. A win-win. Hope you’ve been enjoying migration too!
Remarkable photos that I'm always in awe of, James. It's really great to learn about birds from you on a regular basis; birds are everywhere, all around us at all times, in all places (pretty much), yet so easy to ignore.
Beautiful field guide to the Palm Warbler. I learned a lot here, James. As soon as I finished listening to the video clip, a House Finch started singing outside, pretty much in synch, and now all is quiet and still.
I like your comparison of the Yellow-rumped Warbler and Black-capped Chickadees. I am now of the same mind and appreciate the Yellow-rumped Warblers that much more these days. They are the first warblers I usually see here in the Ottawa area.
Thank you Juliet. There’s no such thing as a bad warbler—be it across the pond or in the USA, be it colorful or less so. I’ll have to look more into the songs of your warblers!
The Blackcap has the most wonderful song of all our warblers, although the Willow Warbler's descending song is haunting and beautiful and the Chiffchaff (that otherwise is very difficult to tell apart from the Willow Warbler) very helpfully sings it's own name 'chiffchaffchiffchaff'. The Whitethroat has a hurried, scratchy song. I'm not so familiar with the songs of our other warbler species...
Beautiful. I love to read your posts early in the morning over coffee, kitchen window wide open to hear the birds as accompaniment. This morning a mocking bird is really telling a story! He just told me " budget budget budget, weep weep weep budget weep" And he pegged it utterly. Thank you, James.
Thank you, Sharron. The Mockingbird’s is such a captivating song. Just when you think you know it the bird hits you with something new!
Supercilium - I love this word, and even more do I love those little feathers.
It is such an excellent word.
I haven’t seen a Palm Warbler this spring! Your photos are the next best thing.
I seem to have better luck either them in the fall. At least that’s when I tend to see them at our home.
Hope you’re having a wonderful migration, James. Thanks for the mention, and good luck photographing the warblers!
Palms were more abundant than expected for me a handful of falls ago, so maybe they’re early to arrive and late to depart. A win-win. Hope you’ve been enjoying migration too!
Remarkable photos that I'm always in awe of, James. It's really great to learn about birds from you on a regular basis; birds are everywhere, all around us at all times, in all places (pretty much), yet so easy to ignore.
Thank you Jesse. Glad you find value in the information I try to pack into my posts!
Beautiful field guide to the Palm Warbler. I learned a lot here, James. As soon as I finished listening to the video clip, a House Finch started singing outside, pretty much in synch, and now all is quiet and still.
Glad you enjoyed it Heidi! Thank you for reading. Maybe the House Finch was singing in response to the video of the Palm!
That's what it seemed like!!
Really enjoyed the video snippet of bird song to illustrate its description!
I’m glad! That YouTube channel has some great videos. Thank you for reading.
I love the chubby ones with their feathers all floofed out.
They’re adorable little birds—fluffy and rotund.
Lovely birds, thank you for the lesson!
Thank you for reading! They are lovely birds indeed.
Really nice images of the Palm Warbler, James.
I like your comparison of the Yellow-rumped Warbler and Black-capped Chickadees. I am now of the same mind and appreciate the Yellow-rumped Warblers that much more these days. They are the first warblers I usually see here in the Ottawa area.
Thank you, Neil! Yellow-rumped definitely aren’t shy, but their lack of shyness is so enjoyable—should never be taken for granted.
Beautiful, James, thank you for putting this out there.
Thank you, Sam. I appreciate you reading.
Thanks, James Freitas, for the information you just shared. Excellent differentiation.
Thank you, Gary. I'm glad you found it educational!
Lovely photos. Warblers over there are so much more colourful than ours! (Though I love our warblers, particularly for their songs).
Thank you Juliet. There’s no such thing as a bad warbler—be it across the pond or in the USA, be it colorful or less so. I’ll have to look more into the songs of your warblers!
The Blackcap has the most wonderful song of all our warblers, although the Willow Warbler's descending song is haunting and beautiful and the Chiffchaff (that otherwise is very difficult to tell apart from the Willow Warbler) very helpfully sings it's own name 'chiffchaffchiffchaff'. The Whitethroat has a hurried, scratchy song. I'm not so familiar with the songs of our other warbler species...