September’s Autumn Warblers.

Warblers

September is autumn migration month for Wood Warblers.  Those brightly-colored insect-eaters of the forests are heading back to Central and South America to escape the cold season, to return to raise new families next spring.  Here are some photographs I took of these birds this past month.  Most are far less colorful than they were in the spring, when they were in their showiest feathers.  Many of these birds are immatures that were born here over the summer, making their first long migration south.

Compare these birds to last May’s Warbler crop.  They look quite different, don’t they?  Autumn is not the best season to start being a birder, things can be hard to figure out then 🙂

Yellow-Throated Warbler

Wilson’s Warbler

Black-Throated Green Warbler

Bay-Breasted Warbler

Common Yellowthroat (male)

Common Yellowthroat (female)

American Redstart (female)

Black & White Warbler

Northern Parula Warbler (immature)

Northern Parula Warbler (adult)

Magnolia Warbler

Northern Waterthrush

Palm Warbler