Magnolia Warbler

 

 

Not only was it a warbler morning, but it continued to be a very warbler day in our backyard. Chris had the good fortune of being able to watch them all day, but Mike has the birding camera on a different project so these pictures were taken with our original birding camera. The lighting got better, of course, as the day went on, so Chris kept trying for something better than the previous magnolia warbler post. The American Redstarts stayed around the whole day, and Chris also saw a female Blackburnian Warbler around 2 p.m. Overall, a great day of backyard birding!

Magnolia Warbler, (spring male)

This was our new discovery for today: the Magnolia Warbler. Mike noticed it from inside the house, and since the day turned out nicer than expected, we had plenty of time outside trying to identify our new friend. Mike has heard Chris imitating a catchy song that she's heard these last few mornings that sounds like wee-did-a-wee-did-a-wee-did-a-we. When we used the field guide trying to identify this bird, it described its song as such and the picture matched up well too, so we were very excited to put two and two together. Maybe now Chris can stop repeating the song since the bird does it better.