New World Warblers

Townsend's Warbler - Cypress Mountain, BC Our songster of the West Coast Rain Forests. This bright and cheerful little wood warbler is heard singing in the early summer in the mountains on the north and east of Vancouver. The bird is named for the famous Ornithologist John Kirk Townsend who made a trip out the Rockies and the West coast. Several of his finds were sent back to John James Audubon himself. This was taken on the trail that runs below Cypress Mountain on the north side of Vancouver, BC. Michael W Klotz 2021 - www.TheBirdBlogger.com Picture
Townsend's Warbler - Cypress Mountain, BC
Townsend's Warbler - Cypress Provincial Park, BC Yew Lake is a fantastic place to bird in Vancouver during the summer months. The access is phenomenal and you are in the high altitude habitats looking at birds that are not usually found save the migration. Townsend's warblers are usually flitting around the tops of the evergreens but this one was lower and hunting in and around the blueberries lower shrubs. I have always thought they look like Prairie warblers but in fact are more closely related to the Hermit warbler. Michael W Klotz 2020 - www.TheBirdBlogger.com Picture
Townsend's Warbler - Cypress Provincial Park, BC
Wilson's Warbler - Brunswick Point, BC The first of the spring warblers is usually the Wilson's Warbler with it's black cap and twittery song. The points that jut out into the water are typically the first to see these little songsters. Some days when there is a fallout, they are absolutely dripping from the trees and you might see 40 of the little guys in one patch of trees. This location in Delta is well known for its migrants and is fantastic year round. Michael W Klotz 2020 - www.TheBirdBlogger.com Picture
Wilson's Warbler - Brunswick Point, BC
Orange-crowned Warbler - Willow Creek, AB A flock of fall warblers were picking through the leaves of the shrubs along the bank of Willow Creek. This Orange-crowned warbler was part of the gang looking for a fill up before heading south for the winter. The berries were being devoured by Cedar Waxwings but it was the bugs this little one was looking for. Michael W Klotz 2019 - www.TheBirdBlogger.com
Orange-crowned Warbler - Willow Creek, AB