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At Fort Tilden on Sunday the most cooperative Black-throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virens) entertained us birders who were there in search of rarities for at least ten minutes.  We could have stayed longer, and would have, under almost any other circumstances, but we had rarities to chase and really, considering the looks and pictures we [...]

When I was in Miami last week, I went down to Key Biscayne hoping to get more photos of one of my favourite birds anywhere - the stunning Yellow-throated Warbler Dendroica dominica. As it turned out my camera stopped working after just thirty minutes in the field, and I didn’t actually see a Yellow-throated Warbler [...]

Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum
Central Park, New York and Crandon Park, Miami
Despite a name redolent of balmy islands and coconuts, the Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum winters farther north than most other warblers (primarily in the southern United States and northern Caribbean) and breeds in boggy forests - especially boggy spruce forests - across northern North America [...]

Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia
Toronto, Canada. May 18 2006.

A familiar species in wetland habitats over much of eastern North America Yellow Warblers actually have an extraordinarily broad distribution for a warbler species and show great geographical variation: according to the Cornell website more than 40 recognized subspecies form three general groups that range from the northern [...]

“Myrtle” Yellow-rumped Warblers Dendroica coronata coronata
15 May 2007, Mont Royal, Montreal, Canada

One of the commonest and most widespread of the dendroica, the Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata has two distinct populations: the western “Audubon’s Warbler.” (D. c. audubonii) breeds from northern British Columbia and northern Manitoba, south to northern Mexico, and in the East the “Myrtle [...]

Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica
Point Pelee and Rondeau, Ontario May 2005
 
The Chestnut-sided Warbler breeds from central Canada east to the Maritime Provinces, south through New England and the Great Lakes and through the Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia. It nests in early to middle successional habitats where it prefers deciduous, brushy areas, and winters in [...]

Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca
Point Pelee, Ontario May 2005.
 
The Blackburnian Warbler breeds in the northeastern United States, parts of eastern Canada and throughout the Appalachian Mountains and winters mainly in northern South America and south in the Andes to Peru, but also in southern Central America. Generally it is thought to migrate mostly at night, with [...]