I am happy to announce this new thing I'm doing on the blog called Bird of the Week. This will be a regular series of posts at the beginning of each week for about a year. They will describe a "Bird of the Week", which will be a bird specially chosen by me that seems fitting for the week. The birds can be chosen because of their appearance, significance, or other reasons. The posts will also cover basic information about the birds and where they can be found in New York City. Note that only birds that can be seen in New York County will be on here. This does not exclude rarities.
Without further ado, the first bird of the week is Palm Warbler!
Palm Warblers, like many other warblers, change plumage in the spring and fall. In spring they are yellow with streaked chests and bellies. They also have tan backs and a chestnut cap. In the fall, the bird turns all gray except for some yellow on the underside.It keeps the streaking but loses the chestnut cap. Its song sounds like a buzzy"swee swee swee swee swee swee swee". Palm Warblers like open woodland and often are found around shrubs and dead leaves.
The eastern population breed in the boreal forests of Canada and the northern U.S and winter in the Southeast U.S, Mexico, and the Caribbean. The western population breads in central and western Canada and winters on the pacific coast. In New York City, Palm Warblers can be found from late March to early May and from late September to early November. A spot that was very reliable for Palm Warblers this year was a large pile of dead leaves gathered by park staff. The decay of the leaves attracted insects, which attracted the warblers. It was like an early spring termite hatchout.
This was the first Bird of the Week post. I hope you liked it.
Here are birds that will probably have their own week if this keeps up:
Pine Warbler
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Wood Duck
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
Fox Sparrow
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet will be next week's bird
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