This is my favorite seasonal backyard Warbler. It is beautiful and becoming rarer. 😢Historically they nested in the Appalachians and northern tier states west into Minnesota. Now due to habitat loss and a complicated relationship with its cousin the Blue-winged Warbler, it nests primarily in northern Minnesota.
If migrating birds can remember and return to the same local nesting location, maybe they remember the pit stops along the migration route. Maybe? For whatever reason, we have gotten them every Spring and Fall for a number of years. Yesterday they showed up right on schedule. A couple of rest days and they will be on their way again to Central America.
- Gunnar
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