Wood-Warblers at the Forest Park Waterhole
By Corey • June 1, 2010 • 8 commentsThis blog post has one purpose and one purpose only; to showcase the amazing array of wood-warblers that made their way to the Forest Park waterhole during spring migration in 2010. There are a couple of species of which I wish I had gotten better pictures (especially Cape May Warbler), there are a couple species of which I couldn’t resist sharing more than one shot, and there are a whole bunch of species that managed to avoid my camera altogether. Some of the images here will have been used on other blog posts. Please forgive the repetition…but somehow I think that repeat images of wood-warblers will be rather easily forgiven. Enjoy!
Northern Parula Parula americana
Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia
Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia
Louisiana Waterthrush Seiurus motacilla
Wilson’s Warbler Wilsonia pusilla
Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata
Prairie Warbler Dendroica discolor
Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens
female Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia
Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis
Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata
Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica
Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrina
female Northern Parula Parula americana
Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia
Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina
female Bay-breasted Warbler Dendroica castanea
Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica
female Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata
Let’s hope that all of these migrants find quality nesting grounds, successfully reproduce, and stop by the waterhole again on their way back south!
Tags: digiscoping, Forest Park, migration, wood-warblers
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Great set of warb shots. I know JUST how difficult it is to capture good images of the little darting and dashing in the near dark wonders can be! I enjoyed scrolling down and seeing which of them I could ID before revealing the names. Great post!
Where’s the Kirtland’s?
These look staged. I think you deliberately blurred some of them to hide that fact. There is just too much awesome here for it to be real wild wood warblers. Everyone knows those can’t be photographed.
@Nick: Don’t tell anyone; I have an in at a wood-warbler game farm.
And, Jochen, I am waiting for fall migration to get my Kirtland’s. Duh…
I think I recognize that Bay-breasted! I miss beginning and ending my day at the Waterhole, but am thankful I was able to be introduced to our warblers there when I started birding.
@Corey: fall migration of which year exactly?
Gorgeous shots of the warblers. I would love to add some of these to my life list. I could never get tired of seeing the warblers.