I hope you have enjoyed the recent short blog posts highlighting some of the rare or seldom seem warblers in the western Pennsylvania region.  It was a great, but tiring, spring season.  Juggling work and home life, I managed to get out to photograph warblers on weekend mornings and evenings and a few vacation days here and there during the month of May.

I realize many readers have never seen some of these birds and that is a benefit of what I do.  If you are able, I hope these photos encourage you to get out in nature and enjoy yourself.  There is no happier moment than when you are out in nature, worries and concerns set aside, watching these little beauties decorate your world from the ground to the tree tops.

Sadly, many of these birds you are about to see are falling victim to human "progress".  Urban development, among other things, are causing habitat loss in their breeding grounds.  Breeding habitat is very specific for our songbirds.  They can't simply go to the next standing tree or shrub!  Steps of conservation are being taken but will it be enough?  We, as shepherds of this land, need to be more concerned with the results of our actions in regards to wildlife.

I hope you enjoy the photos of the 28 species of warbler I photographed this spring.  I thought I had 29 species until I found out about the reclassification of the Yellow-breasted Chat.  I included him in the end of this blog for ol times sake.

Maybe these photos will encourage you to make plans to learn more about these little beauties and become more active in their future.

American Redstart
American RedstartMale	American RedstartMale
Black-and-white Warbler
Black-and-white WarblerMale	Black-and-white Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Black-throated Blue WarblerMale

Black-throated Green Warbler
Black-throated Green WarblerMale	Black-throated Green WarblerMale
Blackburnian Warbler
Blackburnian WarblerMale	Blackburnian WarblerMale
Blue-winged Warbler
Blue-winged WarblerMale	Blue-winged WarblerMale
Canada Warbler
Canada WarblerMale	Canada WarblerMale

Cape May Warbler

Cape May WarblerMale

Cerulean Warbler
Cerulean Warbler	Cerulean Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Chestnut-sided WarblerMale	Chestnut-sided WarblerMale
Common Yellowthroat
Common YellowthroatMale	Common Yellowthroat
Golden-winged Warbler
Golden-winged WarblerMale	Golden-winged WarblerMale
Hooded Warbler
Hooded Warbler	Hooded Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
	Kentucky WarblerMale
Louisiana Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush	Louisiana Waterthrush
Magnolia Warbler
Magnolia WarblerMale	Magnolia WarblerMale
Mourning Warbler
Mourning WarblerMale	Mourning WarblerMale

Nashville Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Northern Parula
Northern Parula	Northern Parula
Ovenbird
Ovenbird	Ovenbird

Palm Warbler
Palm Warbler

Pine Warbler
Pine WarblerMale	Pine WarblerMale
Prairie Warbler
Prairie WarblerMale	Prairie WarblerMale
Prothonotary Warbler
Prothonotary WarblerMale	Prothonotary Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler	Worm-eating Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow WarblerMale	Yellow WarblerFemale
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-rumped WarblerMale	Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated  Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler	Yellow-throated Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-breasted ChatMale (Black Lores)	Yellow-breasted ChatMale (Black Lores)

Thanks for looking,

Dan