4-24-25 Two Yellow-rumped Warblers in White Oak (Quercus alba)

Little birds, high in the oaks are singing. Sometimes lit, sometimes in shadow they cling to and

move along the branches foraging for tiny caterpillars.

Leaves are growing rapidly on the trees further challenging identification. It's spring in full swing.

4-23-25 Yellow-rumped Warbler
4-24-25 Yellow-rumped Warbler in transitional plumage
In that first photo are two Yellow-rumped Warblers, like those above. Males are nearly in full breeding plumage, females are a bit duller, as in the second photo. 

4-23-25 Palm Warbler 4-23-25 Palm Warbler 4-25-25 Palm Warbler 4-25-25 Palm Warbler

Palm Warblers have been seen in the swampy thicket and near the bubbler. 

4-23-25 Northern Waterthrush 4-23-25 Northern Waterthrush

4-24-25 Northern Waterthrush

Northern Waterthrush have been around this past week. Their loud metallic chip call alerts me to their presence in the swampy thicket. 

4-24-25 Nashville Warbler on American Elm (Ulmus americana) 4-24-25 Nashville Warbler on American Elm (Ulmus americana) 4-24-25 Nashville Warbler on American Elm (Ulmus americana) 4-24-25 Nashville Warbler on American Elm (Ulmus americana)

Nashville Warblers were heard more than any other species a few days ago with 612 clips recorded. This bird worked on all the young American Elms in our woods finding larvae. What a contortionist!

4-27-25 Tennessee Warbler 4-27-25 Tennessee Warbler 4-27-25 Tennessee Warbler

Tennessee Warblers migrate with the Nashville Warblers. One bathed in the basin today after the light rain had subsided.

4-11-25 Hermit Thrush
4-24-25 Gray-cheeked Thrush 4-25-25 Swainson's Thrush

Thrushes appreciate the habitat here and we've had every species. Hermit Thrushes have the rusty tail. The Gray-cheeked Thrushes have an inconspicuous eye-ring and gray cheek. They are often difficult to separate from the Swainson's Thrushes, which have a buffy eye-ring and buff cheeks and upper breast. 

4-24-25 American Robin 4-9-25 Eastern Bluebird female 4-9-25 Eastern Bluebird

American Robins and Eastern Bluebirds are thrushes, too. Both of these species nest in our yard. It won't be long before their chicks will be out and about.

  4-24-25 Eastern Phoebe 4-26-25 Carolina Wren with insect food

The Eastern Phoebes and Carolina Wrens also nest here. The wrens fledged a few days ago and this adult has found an insect in the cover of the 'soft landings'.

4-23-25 Red-bellied Woodpecker

This female Red-bellied Woodpecker searched for food in a Black Oak stump. How beautiful it is in the morning light!

4-24-25 Ruby- crowned Kinglet 4-24-25 Rose-breasted Grosbeak

A Ruby-crowned Kinglet checks out the bubbler from a nearby Blackhaw Viburnum. Rose-breasted Grosbeaks have been seen at the bubbler, finding food in the oak trees, and visiting the tray feeder. These migrants will be moving on as more birds move through.

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