Pine Warbler (male)

Setophaga pinus

Description:

A bird true to its name, the Pine Warbler is common in many eastern pine forests and is rarely seen away from pines. These yellowish warblers are hard to spot as they move along high branches to prod clumps of needles with their sturdy bills. If you don’t see them, listen for their steady, musical trill, which sounds very like a Chipping Sparrow or Dark-eyed Junco, which are also common piney-woods sounds through much of the year.

Notes:

This pine warbler has been coming to my feeder and eating the suet.

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11 Comments

Tom15 11 years ago

Thanks Karen!

KarenL 11 years ago

Beautiful!

Tom15 11 years ago

Thanks EnvUnlimited!

Tom15 11 years ago

Thank you Mona

Mona Pirih 11 years ago

Lovely photographs..

Tom15 11 years ago

Thanks bee. Your call of Cedar Waxwings on the linked picture is right.

bee.jacbs 11 years ago

Thanks for checking the other spotting. It is clear you know Pine warblers well, so I wanted to check with you.

bee.jacbs 11 years ago

Tom, another great spotting. Could you look at this spotting, and see if you think these are pine warblers? http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/216... I don't think they look like they are, and I don't think of warblers as gregarious either.