Sunday, April 19, 2020

Warbler Guy, I saw your San Francisco birding tours note you have seen nesting warblers in the San Francisco Bay Area. The San Francisco Bay Area has warblers nesting here?

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Horatio (in Sunnyvale, CA): Yes, depending on your perch in the SF Bay Area, there's both resident, year-round wood-warbler species as...
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Sunday, March 29, 2020

Warbler Guy: Do warblers migrate over the ocean or was this bird (below photo) confused and lost?

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Thanks for the question, Kevin. Here's my answer, though it's a simplified one to your question that deserves more ink than this ...
Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Warbler Guy, I saw a nectar-drinking warbler at my feeder? Which warblers drink nectar? Warblers act like hummingbirds?

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"Yes," Stevie (in Orlando): Although it sounds strange, a few warbler species visit hummingbird feeders, including Orange-crown...
Sunday, February 9, 2020

Warbler Guy, I live in the SF Bay Area where I observed in early February a Wilson's Warbler. Do you think it's an early migrant or a non-breeding season resident that is "over-wintering" without migrating?

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Good question, Penelope (in San Francisco). There's a good chance your Wilson's Warbler sighting was over-wintering straggler that...
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Monday, January 20, 2020

Warbler Guy, I saw a nectar-drinking warbler at my feeder? Which warblers drink nectar? Warblers act like hummingbirds?

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"Yes," Stevie (in Orlando): Although it sounds strange, a few warbler species visit hummingbird feeders, including Orange-c...
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Thursday, January 2, 2020

Warbler Guy: Which wood-warbler species' utilize non-breeding season habitat in the tropics that includes "shade grown" coffee farms? In theory, is it correct that changing coffee drinking patterns favoring "shade grown" coffee could benefit songbirds such as wood-warblers?

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The brief answer, Jeremiah (in Rockford, IL) is to note that several wood-warbler species likely benefit from changed coffee farming ...
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Sunday, December 22, 2019

Warbler Guy, do female warblers sing? If so, how many singing warbler females occur? Or only males sing? What about other singing female songbirds? Yes? No?

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Yes, Hanna (in Fargo) it's true — some female wood-warblers sing. But not many.  Only two of our New World wood-warbler family ...