Warbler Weekend Update No. 2

A spectacular morning on Barr Hill in Greensboro. We arrived to a singing Lincoln’s Sparrow and a pair of Dark-eyed Juncos tending to hatchlings in a nest. Warblers followed. All the usual breeding species were on territory, including Magnolia Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler and lots of Blackburnian Warblers. Our Blackburnian views are particularly knee-weakening.

Here, in late May, the birding is nothing like what we’ve seen in migration. Males are singing on territory. That means they’ll sit on exposed perches for us. We’re looking at warblers and other songbirds through spotting scopes. Honest. Here’s video of a Northern Parula and a Lincoln’s Sparrow, for example. I’ll include video of an Ovenbird tomorrow morning.