Sunday, May 11, 2014

Warbler Guy, do wood-warblers travel the same route area going north in spring as they do going south after nesting?

That's a fine question, Aaron (in Minneapolis).....but a long(winded) answer that I'll spare you reading.

Instead, the short answer: For some wood-warbler species, their routes change from northward to southward migration (or vice-versa), depending on the species.

Consider the Blackpoll Warbler.

An excellent graphic/video shows the change in route of this species in the spring from more Midwestern in flavor to a post-nesting aftertaste whereby migration in the fall is much more easterly, via:

http://ebird.org/content/ebird/occurrence/blackpoll-warbler/



Got more questions? I'm glad to answer them if you email me at:

danieledelstein@att.net

warblerwatch.com

Happy spring, Daniel Edelstein

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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 12, 2014, 9:42:00 PM

    This is so cool, warbler man....Dusky W.

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  2. AnonymousMay 13, 2014, 6:47:00 PM

    Blackpoll I can tell in spring....but hard to ID on its south migration don't you think?

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  3. AnonymousMay 17, 2014, 10:37:00 AM

    I saw Blackpoll yesterday birding in IL....Nice views! Thanks for this....

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  4. AnonymousMay 19, 2014, 7:06:00 PM

    I saw Blackpoll so early this year (by May 9 in IL....). So that's early I suppose? Or not?

    Ryan

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  5. AnonymousMay 23, 2014, 4:48:00 AM

    Do you ever see females of this sp?
    I do, but hard to tell them apart from chickadees, sometimes.....Earl C.

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