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06/24/12
Spring warblers that might have been
Filed under: General, Birding & Outdoors, Florida & SE US, Illinois, Birding "Patches"
Posted by: Ken @ 8:24 pm

This spring, warbler migration was painfully dull both in our part of south Florida and near our second home in northeastern Illinois. We departed for Illinois at the beginning of May, just when numbers of warblers had started building up there in previous years. Now that summer has arrived and it is a rainy day, all I can do is remember last year and look forward to fall migration.

The Prairie Warbler was quite common in Florida this spring, but we have never yet seen one in Illinois.

Prairie Warbler 2-20110404

Some of the warblers we saw this spring both in Florida and in Illinois were…

Yellow-rumped Warbler (photographed in Illinois)

Yellow-rumped Warbler preening 20110506

This Western subspecies of Palm Warbler, common in Florida, is the dull-colored form…

Palm Warbler 20110323

…as compared to this Eastern “Yellow” Palm Warbler, photographed in Illinois

PalmWarbler

Black-and-white Warbler (in Florida)

Black-and-White Warbler 20110406

Yellow Warbler (in Illinois)

Yellow Warbler 3-20090609

Now I’m remembering some warblers we had hoped to see– but didn’t see at all this spring, either in Florida or Illinois.

Past spring migrations in Florida, we have seen…

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler 20111020

Blackpoll Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler male 20110414

Northern Parula

Northern Parula male 2-20110325

During past spring migrations in Illinois we have gotten…

Bay-breasted Warbler

Bay-breasted Warbler 20090502

Here is another view of a Bay-breasted Warbler

Bay-breasted Warbler 20090503

Magnolia Warbler

Magnolia Warbler 2-20110510

Northern Waterthrush

Northern Waterthrush Singing 20090504

Louisiana Waterthrush

Louisiana Waterthrush 2-20100430

Cape May Warbler

CapeMayWarbler2008_05_06LippoldPark

Black-throated Green Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler 20100827

Blackburnian Warbler

Blackburnian Warbler 20110509

American Redstart

American Redstart 20100510

This Nashville Warbler is actually flying– I accidentally caught him at an instant when his wings were closed

Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla) in flight 20110504

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