#Nashville Warbler

[thomas--bombadil]

Watching a warbler frolic and forage, as it travels southward, will brighten your day, I assure you.

[speakingofnature]

Nashville Warbler

As the growing season in the Midwest slows to a halt it is time for the fair-weather visitors to head for greener pastures.

[birdblues]

Nashville Warbler

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Nashville Warbler

Photo: Wendy Miller

"Pioneer birdman Alexander Wilson encountered this bird first near Nashville, Tennessee, and it has been called Nashville Warbler ever since -- even though Wilson's birds were just passing through in migration, and the species does not nest anywhere near Tennessee. This small warbler is fairly common in both the east and the west, often seen foraging in thickets and young trees, flicking its short tail frequently as it seeks insects among the foliage."

- Audubon Field Guide

[proton-wobbler]

Warbler Showdown; Bracket 7, Poll 2

Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina)

IUCN Rating: Least Concern

Range: migratory; breeds almost entirely in Canada, with some populations in Montana, Maine, and Minnesota; overwinters in largely in central America, from southern Mexico to Colombia.

Habitat: breeds in the boreal zone in multiple forest types- deciduous, mixed, and coniferous forests, preferring open areas within these forests; has similar habitat when overwintering, found in open to semi-open second-growth forests.

Subspecies: none

Nashville Warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla)

IUCN Rating: Least Concern

Range: migratory; each subspecies has a separate breeding range, with one covering the Northeast and northern Midwest, as well as the Canadian Providences above them and the other breeding in the Pacific Northwest, California, Idaho, and Montana, as well as British Columbia. Both overwinter in Mexico, especially along the southwestern states of the country, though the Western subspecies is sometimes found in California.

Habitat: second growth, open deciduous, or mixed-species forests; western birds occur and nest in higher elevation than their eastern counterparts. Overwinter in low deciduous open forests and suburban gardens.

Subspecies: 2

Image Sources: Tennessee (Ryan Sanderson) Nashville (Gracie McMahon)

[passerine-free-pass]

Nashville Warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla)

© delphinusorca

[andydrarch]

It shouldn’t make me so illogically mad whenever someone emails me on eBird to tell me my sighting needs more details but it does lmao. Like bitch I get paid to ID birds. I know what I’m talking about

[minmos]

warbler id is so fucked. these are all different guys

(in order: yellow warbler, hooded warbler, wilson's warbler, mourning warbler, nashville warbler, connecticut warbler)

but at the end of the day Theyre all sweet and awesome and they eat sooo many bugs everyday with precision and grace

[lies]

My best bird photos of February 2024 according to eBird*

Nashville Warbler, Great Blue Heron, Cooper's Hawk, Short-billed Gull, Painted Bunting

* sort of

[whatsthebird]

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Date: April

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[wingedjewels]

Nashville Warbler by Rick LeBaudour Via Flickr: Angora Lakes, South Lake Tahoe

[swede1952]

Think fast. ⚾

The consensus among my Mastodon friends, is that this is probably a female or juvenile Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra). So, keep that in mind as you read the below paragraph. I'm convinced and will file it as a summer tanager.

This post has nothing to do with baseball. The dogs and I were on our walk yesterday, and this bird was flittering around the edge of the forest. I just had enough time to lift my camera and focus. The camera took two photographs, but the bird was already moving. It didn't go far, just enough to hide behind the tree leaves preventing me from getting a better photo. I'm pretty sure this is a yellow warbler (Setophaga petechia) though it is hard to be certain given the angle of the photos. I'm filing it under yellow warbler unless someone else can make a more definitive identification that is not a yellow warbler. I suppose it's possibly a yellow rump warbler or Nashville warbler.

[birdblues]

Nashville Warbler

[barry-kent-mackay]

Tennessee Warbler, upper two figures, adult in breeding plumage and immature.  Nashville Warbler, Adult in breeding plumage and fledgling.  Once more I wish he had done more like these…a lovely little image; Orange-crowned Warbler, two right hand figures, adult above, immature below; Cape May Warbler, female in breeding plumage left, immature fall plumage below, male in spring breeding plumage right.

art by major allan brooks

text by barry kent mackay

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[proton-wobbler]

Bracket 1: Setophaga-A

Grace's Warbler vs Barbuda Warbler

Hooded Warbler vs Myrtle Warbler

Golden-cheeked Warbler vs Olive-capped Warbler

Vitelline Warbler vs Chestnut-sided Warbler

Blackburnian Warbler vs Bay-breasted Warbler

Townsend's Warbler vs Yellow-throated Warbler

Cerulean Warbler vs Goldman's Warbler

Elfin-woods Warbler vs Tropical Parula

Black-throated Blue Warbler vs Kirtland's Warbler

Bracket 2: Setophaga-B

Pine Warbler vs Blackpoll Warbler

Bahama Warbler vs Arrowhead Warbler

Adelaide's Warbler vs American Restart

Palm Warbler vs St. Lucia Warbler

Yellow Warbler vs Plumbeous Warbler

Cape May Warbler vs Hermit Warbler

Prairie Warbler vs Black-throated Green Warbler

Magnolia Warbler vs Audubon's Warbler

Northern Parula vs Black-throated Gray Warbler

Bracket 3: Myiothlypis

Russet-crowned Warbler vs Citrine Warbler

Pale-legged Warbler vs White-lored Warbler (run-off)

Two-banded Warbler vs Flavescent Warbler

Gray-headed Warbler vs Santa Marta Warbler

Cuzco Warbler vs White-striped Warbler

Buff-rumped Wabler vs Choco Warbler

White-browed Warbler vs Riverbank Warbler

Gray-and-gold Warbler vs Black-crested Warbler

Gray-throated Warbler vs Roraiman Warbler

Bracket 4: Basileuterus

Fan-tailed Warbler vs Three-striped Warbler

Golden-browed Warbler vs Golden-crowned Warbler

Yungas Wabler vs Three-banded Warbler

Pirre Warbler vs Tacarcuna Warbler

Rufous-capped Warbler vs Costa Rican Warbler

Black-cheeked Warbler vs Chestnust-capped Warbler

Bracket 5: Geothlypis

Beldin's Yellowthroat vs Mourning Warbler

Kentucky Warbler vs Black-lored Yellowthroat

Common Yellowthroat vs Southern Yellowthroat

Gray-crowned Yellowthroat vs Altamira Yellowthroat

Bahama Yellowthroat vs Black-polled Yellowthroat

Olive-crowned Yellowthroat vs Hooded Yellowthroat

MacGillivray's Warbler vs Masked Yellowthroat

Bracket 6: Myioborus

White-fronted Whitestart vs Tepui Whitestart

Spectacled Redstart vs Brown-capped Whitestart

Yellow-crowned Redstart vs Painted Whitestart

Golden-fronted Whitestart vs Slate-throated Whitestart

Collared Whitestart vs Paria Whitestart

Saffron-breasted Whitestart vs White-faced Whitestart

Bracket 7: Leiothlypis & Cardellina

Virginia's Warbler vs Lucy's Warbler

Tennessee Warbler vs Nashville Warbler

Colima Warbler vs Orange-crowned Warbler

Red Warbler vs Pink-headed Warbler

Red-faced Warbler vs Wilson's Warbler

(solo/sit-out) Canada Warbler

Bracket 8: Vermivora, Parkesia, & Oreothlypis

Blue-winged Warbler vs Golden-winged Warbler

Northern Waterthrush vs Louisiana Waterthrush

Flame-throated Warbler vs Crescent-chested Warbler

(solo/sit-out) Bachman's Warbler

Bracket 9: Odd Ones Out

Semper's Warbler vs Prothonotary Warbler

Ovenbird vs Black-and-white Warbler

Swainson's Warbler vs Whistling Warbler

Connecticut Warbler vs Worm-eating Warbler

Bracket 10: Not-"Warblers"

Red-breasted Chat vs Yellow-headed Warbler

White-winged Warbler vs Olive Warbler

Green-tailed Warbler vs Grey-throated Chat

Yellow-breasted Chat vs Wrenthrush

Rose-breasted Chat vs Oriente Warbler

[augustheart]

i measure the passage of the year through birds. soon the last pieces of summer will be gone and the ducks will descend en masse; my companions through the winter will be wigeons and cackling geese, the sound of varied and hermit thrushes echoing in the conifers as they tease me with their brief presences at this lower altitude. as the winter turns to spring the ducks will go and the thrushes will be replaced by the trickling sounds of pacific wrens and the soft squeaking of wood ducks discussing mating preferences. briefly, the sky will fill with warblers, globs of buttery feathers hanging from trees with dozens of names—townsend's, nashville, myrtle, audubon's, orange-crowned, wilson's, macgillivrays, yellow—mingling with flocks of bushtits and chickadees. when the heat of summer beats down on dusty fields and clumps of forest orioles will chatter as they hang beside old man's beard and lazuli buntings will flit by in bursts of blue before it all starts over again.

there are more than just them, of course. the sound of sandhill cranes like so many prehistoric beasts and the bouncing of kinglets and the fluttering of black phoebes and the swarms and swarms and swarms of swifts will be there too. every day is a new reminder of what's coming. it's all a promise. if i can make it through this, just think of who will soon be here for me to see.