Bird identification is easy, except when it isn’t. For the next month, birders who look beyond their backyard feeders may be tormented by “confusing fall warblers” in the treetops. Roger Tory Peterson ...

Look for the prairie warbler's black eye line and semicircle eye ring. This colorful warbler brightens up forests and scrubby habitats in the southeastern United States. To spot a prairie warbler, ...

Warblers are small, brightly colored songbirds. A male northern yellow warbler is stunning lemon yellow bird with chestnut/orange streaks on its breast, while females are a less vibrant soft yellow ...

Roger Tory Peterson never was going to paint images of the underside of warbler tails from six different points of view. That in essence describes the detail and value to be found in a very useful and ...

Free quick-find warbler identification pages are available from Princeton University Press. There are seven pieces in the set, all downloadable as pdf or jpg files. Each opens as a full-color image 10 ...

The orange-crowned warbler’s orange “crown” is visible here, but that’s not always the case. As with golden-crowned and ruby-crowned kinglets, you might be stumped, at first, as to how the ...

Two of the most challenging species to separate from each other during fall migration are the Blackpoll and Bay-breasted Warblers. These warblers are confused so much so that observed individuals are ...

A birdwatcher's field notes are notes written down describing the appearance, behavior and habitat of a bird while the bird is still in view. Later, field notes may prove helpful confirming a bird's ...

Denise Maples, a.k.a. John James Audubon, might as well write a warbler identification manual.. Maples is certainly off to a good start with her photos and sightings this month. She and I had been ...