Magnolia Warbler
This week is the end of May, and the soon to be end of northbound avian migration. You might be lucky enough to still pick up some birds moving north – a late warbler or two, some shorebird stragglers, a tardy thrush, or some of the intentionally slower flycatcher species such as the uncommon Olive-sided Flycatcher that can be heading to breeding grounds in June. I have yet to see one of them this year after missing them last year as well. Before then I had seen one or multiple Olive-sided Flycatchers for five straight years including August birds at the Jamestown Airport and on our...
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This Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia) was another bird from the Noble Proctor Memorial BioBlitz Challenge this past Saturday at Hammonasset Beach State Park in Madison, Connecticut. Willards Island was still a warbler machine late in the morning and we were cranking out the birds. Some, like this individual, would briefly drift into point blank range…even with an excited, raucous crowd around us. All of the birds were as happy as our birding friends with all sorts of plentiful insects in the air and on the trees at this vital migratory site…and we were recording all of those...
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It is nearly time for birds like this Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia) to be making their way back to us! Spring has arrived and the big push of spring migration is only a month away for us in the Northeast. Are you ready? RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser is, and he will be supplying us with images like this beauty as photographed for the Meet Your Neighbours global biodiversity project.
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This Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia) was not in the rain. The drops you can see on the branches of this white pine are from dense fog collecting on the tree. This is the time of year where those little twigs, tiny needles and growing leaves get right in the way of some good photos…grrr! Scott Kruitbosch Conservation & Outreach Coordinator
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The first night of heavy regional migration thanks to a warm front and ensuing southerly flow meant we were flooded with new arrivals like this Magnolia Warbler singing their hearts out early this morning. Our conservation staff was spread across New York and Pennsylvania today completing field work for birds, plants, reptiles, amphibians, insects and more. The first of many nonstop busy days this spring and summer was a gorgeous and successful one.
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