Look for the prairie warbler's black eye line and semicircle eye ring. This colorful warbler brightens up forests and scrubby habitats in the southeastern United States. To spot a prairie warbler, ...

The orange-crowned warbler’s orange “crown” is visible here, but that’s not always the case. As with golden-crowned and ruby-crowned kinglets, you might be stumped, at first, as to how the ...

Bird identification is easy, except when it isn’t. For the next month, birders who look beyond their backyard feeders may be tormented by “confusing fall warblers” in the treetops. Roger Tory Peterson ...

Warblers are small, brightly colored songbirds. A male northern yellow warbler is stunning lemon yellow bird with chestnut/orange streaks on its breast, while females are a less vibrant soft yellow ...

Go beyond the backyard to see warblers, the bright and colorful stars of spring migration. It’s worth a visit to a marshy area for a quick look at common yellowthroats. Although they try to remain out ...

Free quick-find warbler identification pages are available from Princeton University Press. There are seven pieces in the set, all downloadable as pdf or jpg files. Each opens as a full-color image 10 ...

A friend of mine lamented that he was having a difficult time identifying this year’s bumper crop of migrating wood warblers. Wondered if I might have some tips that would make things easier. About ...

"A Scott & Nix edition"--page [ii]. Introduction : Classification of birds ; Equipment for birding ; Learning to identify birds ; Psychological effects and mistakes ; Variation in appearance ; ...

A hybrid yellow-rumped warbler and black-throated blue warbler was discovered on Hilton Head. It’s the first hybrid of this kind ever recorded. Mary Alice Tartler Mary Alice Tartler knows her birds, ...

A small fallout of warblers appeared in trees near Lutsen, Minn., on the North Shore one day in mid-May. A fallout is a rest and refueling stop for migrants. For birders it's often a chance to see ...