Black-throated Blue Warbler.

Male Black-throated Blue Warbler

Mere minutes after a male cardinal careened off the the window directly in front of me, this little guy hurled himself into one of the smaller windows in my living room. This being just three days after the Rose-breasted Grosbeak hit the window. I feel like such a bastard. The Blue Warbler — which I’d never seen or heard of before — was fine after about half an hour. Lady Bird tried to check him out and he took off, apparently OK.

Like the Rose-breasted Grosbeak, the Black-throated Blue Warbler is only found in the bulk of Virginia during migration, preferring the western Appalachians and the Northeast United States in the summer and the Carribean in the winter.

Published by Waldo Jaquith

Waldo Jaquith (JAKE-with) is an open government technologist who lives near Char­lottes­­ville, VA, USA. more »

9 replies on “Black-throated Blue Warbler.”

  1. I had seen a fair amount of both female and male Cardinals this spring.

    I didn’t put seed out this year, everything went so fast it seemed, that I missed when I usually put it out.

  2. Didn’t you say a couple of months ago you were going to put up some UV Bird Scarers or something on your windows?

    (BTW — I hope your anti-spam test accepts only “Democratic Party” — not “Democrat Party.”)

  3. Didn’t you say a couple of months ago you were going to put up some UV Bird Scarers or something on your windows?

    Yup, but I got lazy, figuring the birds weren’t really here yet, so whatever. And then came The Carnage. We got those stickers yesterday, and they’re going up today.

    (BTW — I hope your anti-spam test accepts only “Democratic Party” — not “Democrat Party.”)

    That’s the whole idea. :)

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