Friday, October 17, 2014

Warbler Guy, which West coast warbler vagrants are the most common ones to see? Do vagrant warblers also appear on the East Coast?

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Good question, Hogie (in Portland). Answer: On the West Coast, say, on the Outer Point of Point Reyes in N. CA, the most typical East Co...
Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Is it possible to distinguish the call notes of Audubon’s vs. Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler during the non-breeding season where they occur together?

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Is it possible to distinguish the call notes of Audubon’s vs. Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler during the non-breeding season where they occur ...
Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Warbler Guy, here's a first-year Blackburnian Warbler, correct?

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Yes, indeed: The banded warbler shown in these photos is a beautiful first-year Blackburnian Warbler. (Photos courtesy of Dave Noel.) ...
Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Warbler Guy, why does American Redstart occur in California more often than most other so-called "East Coast" warblers? Is American Redstart a vagrant on the West Coast?

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Excellent question, Joey (in Santa Monica). Fact is, American Redstart is not always a vagrant in California when detected during the ...
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Monday, August 18, 2014

Warbler Guy, why is it so challenging to find warblers now? Are warblers absent already?

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Ned (in New York), there's good reasons why the forest seems devoid of wood-warblers this time of the year. (Above, a molting non-...
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Thursday, July 31, 2014

Any recent warbler name changes, Warbler Guy? Is the new 2014 AOU Check-list Supplement published yet?

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Randy, please see: http://blog.aba.org/2014/07/2014-aou-check-list-supplement-is-out.html No significant N. America wood-warbler taxonom...
Saturday, July 5, 2014

Warbler Guy, which warblers are the most confusing to identify because they look like other species? Any tips to identify look-alike warblers?

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Jamie (in Boston), I like the pictorial guide to confusing look-alike species in The Warbler Guide ("Comparison Species" correspo...