Black-throated Blue Warbler Traditional Geocache
Black-throated Blue Warbler
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This series is dedicated to Vermont's nesting wood warblers, a
family of small North American songbirds, many of whom sport bright
colors and sing songs that can be learned with patience and
practice. They return from their wintering grounds just as the
leaves—and insects—begin to come out.
Black-throated Blue Warblers are common residents of deciduous and
mixed woodlands that alert us to their presence with a buzzy trill
that can be heard for some distance. Bryan and Ted say that it
sounds like “Beer, beer, beer,” with a rising
inflection, but that doesn’t seem buzzy enough to me. I hear
it as “Zreer, zreer, zreer,” but that isn’t quite
right either. I guess neither of us can speak Black-throated Blue
without our Vermont accents coming through. They are dark blue,
black, and white birds, but a bird may not look blue, depending on
the light. If it is backlit or if it is a gloomy day, it may appear
to be black and white. If you can get the sun at your back, the
blue will show up much better.
Abundance and habitat data are from Birdwatching in Vermont
by Ted Murin and Bryan Pfeiffer.
FTF honors to Graffixx and Luna1975.
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