Common Yellowthroat

Common Yellowthroat Warblers are in abundance near the beaver ponds at Killbear Provincial Park. Busily feeding and chasing away the other warblers that I was trying to photograph. Hence in retribution they are only allowed one token image in the blog.

Black-throated Green Warbler

Black-throated Green Warblers are another warbler found in the pine forested rocky areas of Killbear Provincial Park and I was fortunate to observe 3 or 4 every morning on my birding rounds.

Pine Warbler

Although not usually found near the beaver ponds at Killbear Provincial Park Pine Warblers are abundant in the rocky pine covered areas of the park.

Blackburnian Warbler

Although I've found the American Redstart, the Common Yellowthroat, and the Ovenbird to be the predominant warblers in Killbear Provincial Park this time of year there are actually very good opportunities to view Blackburnian Warblers down low feeding and singing. Along with the Redstarts and Red-eyed Vireos they are the first birds heard in the morning and are all over the park. 

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Chestnut-sided Warblers can be found in decent numbers feeding low along the beaver pond shores in Killbear Provincial Park this time of year. Some of the images I captured this year are on the same branches as my images last year and I have to wonder if indeed they are the same Chestnut-sided Warblers.

Mourning Warbler

Another fairly common warbler at Killbear Provincial Park is the Mourning Warbler. A real skulker of the the warbler family I was happy to get these images of Mourning Warblers feeding low in the brush roadside.

Black and White Warbler

We have just returned from our annual camping trip to Killbear Provincial Park on Georgian Bay. It was our 43rd year and had a great time with an assortment of our kids and grandkids. It's an excellent time of year as there is a great variety of birds, snakes, frogs, toads and turtles, as well as other mammals around. We found 2 Rattlers, 8 Garter and 4 Northern Water Snakes, Wood, Green, Bull and Tree Frogs, as well as Painted, Snapping and Blandings Turtles. Over the next couple days I'll try and catch up on some of the images I captured over the last two weeks. Todays bird is the Black and White Warbler

Hooded Warbler

 

I have been fortunate enough to find a variety of Hooded Warblers in my travels this spring.

Hooded Warblers are small, well-proportioned birds with a straight, sharp bill. Compared to other warblers, they are fairly heavy-bodied and thick-necked.

Blue-winged Warbler

 

The Blue-winged Warbler sings a distinctive bee-buzz from brushy fields. It dangles from branches and leaves, foraging like a chickadee but shows off bright warbler plumage: a yellow belly, yellow-olive back, and white wingbars across blue-gray wings.

A shrubland and old field specialist, it has benefited from landscape changes over the last 150 years as forest clearcuts and agricultural fields have grown up into scrubby fields. These changes have helped it expand northward, where it now hybridizes with and possibly threatens the much rarer Golden-winged Warbler. Cornell All About Birds

Wilson's Warbler

It seems we observe Wilson's Warblers on almost every outing this year as there seems to be an abundance around our area. A couple of days ago I had five all within eyesight at Wawanosh Wetlands.

Wilson's Warblers breed in mountains and northern forests, but pass through every state in the lower 48 during migration. Cornell All About Birds