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.
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Black-and-white Warbler |
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Black-throated Blue Warbler |
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Black-throated Green Warbler |
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Blackburnian Warbler |
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Blue-winged Warbler |
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Canada Warbler |
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Cape May Warbler |
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Cerulean Warbler |
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Chestnut-sided Warbler |
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Common Yellowthroat |
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Golden-winged Warbler |
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Hooded Warbler |
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Kentucky Warbler |
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Louisiana Waterthrush |
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Magnolia Warbler |
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Mourning Warbler |
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Nashville Warbler |
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Northern Parula |
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Ovenbird |
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Palm Warbler |
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Pine Warbler |
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Prairie Warbler |
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Prothonotary Warbler |
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Worm-eating Warbler |
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Yellow Warbler |
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Yellow-rumped Warbler |
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Yellow-throated Warbler |
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Yellow-breasted Chat |
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Thanks for looking,
Dan