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<\/a><\/p>\nThe prize for most cheerful splash of colour probably goes to the male Blackburnian Warbler.<\/p>\n
It’s fun trying to guess what you may see next on a day when many warblers arrived over night. Here are some of the ones I saw, although I missed finding three other kinds that Birders kept mentioning to me. (Which gives me incentive to try again!)<\/p>\n Yellow-rumped Warblers come in a variety of colour patterns depending on their age and gender but all share the yellow “shoulders” and yellow above the tail splotch.<\/p>\n It was hard to get a photo of a Yellow Warbler as they were flying furiously trying to keep rivals out of their chosen patch of shrubs.<\/p>\n While most lack the glamourous colouring of the warblers, there are many sparrows migrating through, too.<\/p>\n This Lincoln’s Sparrow is not named after a US President. You can search the internet for the real reason for its name, if you want. It was also a puzzling sparrow because although it has the expected buffy colour down the right side under the black lines, it did not on its left side: so until it turned around I wasn’t quite sure what I was looking at.<\/p>\n The most common bird yesterday, by far, was this kind.<\/p>\n Ruby-crowned Kinglets have been migrating through for several weeks but we had another surge of them visiting.<\/p>\n This is a Blue-headed Vireo, and its head does look steel blue in better light. Other vireos on the move include Warbling and Red-eyed Vireos, some of which will stay and nest in GTA parks this summer.<\/p>\n Not every migrating bird is the size of a sparrow or smaller. The big birds come through too, including various hawks and perching birds.<\/p>\n Our Robins are a type of Thrush and many other Thrushes will be migrating through Mississauga, Oakville, Hamilton and Toronto this month.<\/p>\n This buffy-faced spotted thrush is a Swainson’s Thrush.<\/p>\n And that’s all of yesterday’s migrants. Or at least all of the ones where I had a reasonable photo to share. So I guess I’d better get out there again today and try to find a Chestnut-sided Warbler and an American Redstart to add to my photo collection!<\/p>\n Related Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n Join In<\/strong> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Even if the flowers aren’t out these birds will provide a splash of spring colour. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[651,539,60,77,54,122],"class_list":["post-6164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rambles","tag-gta","tag-hamilton","tag-lakeside-park","tag-mississauga","tag-oakville","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6164"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6192,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6164\/revisions\/6192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/p>\nOntario Migrating Spring Warblers Come In Every Colour and Pattern<\/h2>\n
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\nAn aptly named Black and White Warbler.<\/p>\n
\n<\/a>A less-aptly named Black-throated Green warbler.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nThe reasonably named Black-throated Blue Warbler, warbling.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nA Cape May Warbler in May.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nA female or non-mature male Magnolia Warbler.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nThe more showy male Magnolia Warbler.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nThis Nashville Warbler would look brighter if it would just pop up into the sunshine.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nThis Northern Parula has not yet added its splash of rusty orange but you can see it starting.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nThis Palm Warbler was bobbing its tail steadily in the field-guide-approved manner making it easier to identify from a distance.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nSome Interesting Sparrows Also Migrate in Spring<\/h2>\n
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\nThis White-crowned Sparrow was one of a flock on the grass eating early Dandelion seeds.<\/p>\nNot Every Small Migrating Bird Is a Warbler or Sparrow<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nLarger Birds to Watch for on Migration in Toronto<\/h2>\n
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\nThis Great-crested Flycatcher may migrate through or may stay locally to nest. Its yellow colouring is very vivid in the spring.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nThis Scarlet Tanager seems mis-named because the females aren’t red.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nHer partner, though, fits the name Scarlet.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nThis photo shows one of the dangers of telephoto lense’s: the shape of a subject can be distorted by the lens.<\/p>\n\n
\nDo you look forward to seeing the bright colours of spring migrants? Please share your sightings with a comment!<\/p>\n