Blackburnian warbler

[Richard Stern]

2 views of a male - one of the prettiest of the Western hemisphere warblers. Named after an English naturalist, Anna Blackburne, who lived in Warrington, near Blackburn in Lancashire (where according to the Beatles there were 4000 holes), and who probably never saw one. They have a soft high-pitched song, and usually prefer the tops of tall conifer trees in both their nesting habitat in the boreal forest and their wintering habitat in the mountains of Colombia and Peru. Nova Scotia, June 2024. Fairly hefty crop, processed in LrC and Topaz AI. TFL.

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[ssheipel]

Beautiful

 

[Ralph]

2 views of a male - one of the prettiest of the Western hemisphere warblers. Named after an English naturalist, Anna Blackburne, who lived in Warrington, near Blackburn in Lancashire (where according to the Beatles there were 4000 holes), and who probably never saw one. They have a soft high-pitched song, and usually prefer the tops of tall conifer trees in both their nesting habitat in the boreal forest and their wintering habitat in the mountains of Colombia and Peru. Nova Scotia, June 2024. Fairly hefty crop, processed in LrC and Topaz AI. TFL.

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Gorgeous!

 

[MrFotoFool]

Beautiful bird, though I think the name is changing? I read recently there is a move based on political correctness to remove all proper nouns (eg names of people) from North American birds?

 

[Rick S]

Beautiful shots Richard. I love them both.

 

[Richard Stern]

Beautiful bird, though I think the name is changing? I read recently there is a move based on political correctness to remove all proper nouns (eg names of people) from North American birds?

Yes that’s going to happen but I don’t thank any specifics have been decided yet. Good for the field guide publishers though!

 

[Jose Raposo]

Really beautiful little bird. These and the Magnolias are my favourite Warblers for sure.

 

[Bohdan]

Beautiful warbler and equally wonderful capture.