Birds Page 7

Warblers

Text by Michele Altherr and Hari Viswanathan

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  • Wilson's Warbler
  • Townsends Warbler (rare)
  • Yellow Warbler (rare)
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler
  • Black-throated Gray Warbler
  • MacGillivray's Warbler (rare)
  • Virginia's Warbler
  • Orange-crowned Warbler
Wilson's Warbler

Wilson's Warbler

They visit the water garden during the spring and fall migration. Commonly seen hopping around scrub oak.

Townsends Warbler

Townsend's Warbler (rare)

Gorgeous warbler with interesting facial patterns. They visit the water garden during the spring and fall migration.

Yellow Warbler

Yellow Warbler (rare)

They visit the water garden during the spring and fall migration.

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler, Dendroica coronata

13 - 15 cm. The male breeding Yellow-rumped Warbler, also known as "Audubon's Warbler", is a dull bluish above streaked with black, and its breast and flanks are blackish. It also has a yellow throat and large white patches in its folded wings. This warbler inhabits coniferous and mixed forests. They sing from the high canopy of the forest. Its song is a colorless buzzy warble with a sharp chek. The birds constantly chirp a "contact call" that keeps the flock together. It is widespread during migration and in winter. It lays 4 or 5 white eggs spotted and splotched with brown in a conifer tree in a bulky nest of twigs and rootlets lined with hair and feathers.

They visit the water garden during the spring, summer and fall.

Black-throated Gray Warbler

Black-throated Gray Warbler (male)

Sometimes mistaken for the Black-and-white Warbler, but this one is more common. Photo taken on Barranca Mesa.

Black-throated Gray Warbler

Black-throated Gray Warbler (female)

MacGillivray's Warbler

MacGillivray's Warbler (rare)

Often found in marshy areas and can be found near the Los Alamos reservoir. They will also visit water gardens.

Orange-crowned Warbler

Orange-crowned Warbler

They visit the water garden during spring, summer and fall and can be seen hopping around shrubs.

Virginia's Warbler

Virginia's Warbler

They visit the water garden during spring, summer and fall and can be seen hopping around shrubs.

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