Warblers - Yellow-Rumped, Palm, Yellow, and Common Yellowthroat
This blog post is going to be about some of the warblers I saw in 2021 and the areas where I saw them. Many of these posts will also reference times when I saw the Warbler first in 2020 and will include some photos from 2020. This post in particular will be about the Yellow-Rumped Warbler, the Palm Warbler, the Yellow Warbler, and the Common Yellowthroat. Yellow-Rumped Warbler Back in 2020, this bird was what sparked an interest in birding for me. Birders call these type of birds a "spark bird", and for me this bird in particular elevated my interest in birding into what now could be described as an obsession. My first time seeing them was on an unseasonably cold and snowy evening back in April at Stu Visser Parks. I had noticed on my Audubon app that birders were seeing Yellow-Rumped Warblers in high numbers at Stu Visser Trails, so I raced out of the house right after dinner to see if I could locate these birds for myself. When I arrived, I was blown away by the number of...