Tennessee Warbler (Oreothlypis peregrina)
In only a couple of months Tennessee Warblers (Oreothlypis peregrina) will be here in our backyards, and yesterday’s blast of warmth was a lovely preview of what’s to come. The migrants are moving…what have you seen? Photographed by RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser for the Meet Your Neighbours global biodiversity project in Costa Rica while on assignment for the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History.
Read MoreThe Four MoSI Warblers
The 2014-15 MoSI, or Monitoreo de Sobrevivencia Invernal (Monitoring of Winter Survivorship), protocol banding season for the Nicoya Peninsula Avian Research Station is now in the books. Here we have four species, in the form of Neotropical migratory warblers, that were banded and recaptured over the years at the station: the Tennessee Warbler (Oreothlypis peregrina), Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia), Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea), and Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracen). Banding research is critical to gain an understanding of where and why they return to...
Read MoreDowntown birds
Can you identify this “urban” bird? It was blasting its song over the main site for the New York State “Special Concern” Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtles in downtown Jamestown this past Sunday! It is not obscured and it is close but this is a difficult angle. Yep, that is actually a Tennessee Warbler (Oreothlypis peregrina)! There was a surprising bunch of migrants at the site and I noted the following: Eastern Kingbird 1 Warbling Vireo 2 Red-eyed Vireo 1 Swainson’s Thrush 1 Gray Catbird 2 Tennessee Warbler 3 Nashville Warbler 4 Common Yellowthroat 1 Cape May...
Read MoreTennessee Warbler sightings and numbers
The Tennessee Warbler (Oreothlypis peregrina) is probably one of those migrants you’re glad to find in either the spring or the fall. It is most often an uncommon treat for the U.S. or Canadian birder as a species that breeds in the boreal forest and can readily blend into the background. Looking at my last five years of eBirding I see only 14 records and half of those came from the last fall season here in and around Chautauqua County, New York. All of the records were of one or two individuals. Suffice it to say it is a tough spot here but this is currently not the case in Costa...
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