#Black and White Warbler

[occasionallybirds]

First time at bird banding this fall

Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)

Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia)

Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis)

Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis)

September 17, 2024

Southeastern Pennsylvania

All birds were handled and banded for research purposes under state and federal permits

[dogwise]

Black and white warbler at Tar Hollow State Forest, Ohio

[podartists]

Setophaga americana | Vermivora cyanoptera | Mniotilta varia | Vermivora chrysoptera | Helmitheros vermivorum

Plate XI | Die Nordamerikanische Vogelwelt (1891)

[aneighborhoodnaturalist]

Black and white warblers have an extra long hind claw, they also have heavier legs than other wood warblers.

(Black and white warbler)

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Black-and-white Warbler

Photo: Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren

"This bird is often a favorite warbler for beginning birders, because it is easy to see and easy to recognize. It was once known as the 'Black-and-white Creeper,' a name that describes its behavior quite well. Like a nuthatch or creeper (and unlike other warblers), it climbs about on the trunks and major limbs of trees, seeking insects in the bark crevices. It often feeds low, and nests even lower, usually on the ground."

- Audubon Field Guide

[birdblues]

Black-and-white Warbler

[proton-wobbler]

Battle Royale

so you got submitted to a niche bird poll (A-2)

These birds all have more than a million sightings on eBird, what were you thinking submitting them to a dumb niche hipster poll??? Joking aside, these birds were definitely too popular to get into the poll itself. Please vote for your favorite here!

[birbmania]

Black-and-white warbler . . . Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Smyrna, Delaware . . . 9/15/23

[katyunderthebed]

Warblers, assorted

[lunarlotuscove]

The most adorable black and white warbler

Sunday April 21st 2024 2:14pm

[occasionallybirds]

Black and White Warbler (Mniotilta varia)

September 30, 2024

Southeastern Pennsylvania

[wigmund]

Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)

Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)

American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)

Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius)

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)

Black-and-White Warbler (Mniotilta varia)

American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)

Rose-Breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)

Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)

Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)

Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)

Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

Cute birds appreciation post

[pmg227]

Favorite Bird Photos of September '24

“Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell; they sing among the branches. From Your lofty abode You water the mountains; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.” Psalm 104:12-13 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Eastern Bluebird (fledgling) Eastern Bluebird Brown-headed Nuthatch Black & White Warbler Ruby-throated Hummingbird Ruby-throated Hummingbird Cape May Warbler American…

[lynx-the-beast]

Black-and-white warbler and a bald eagle

[birdblues]

Black-and-white Warbler

[proton-wobbler]

Genus: Mniotitla

Black-and-white Warbler (Rhododendrites)

This genus gets its name from the way it forages, by picking at bark as they move up and down tree trunks. It literally means "moss plucking", but there may be an error in the way Mnioeis 'moss' is written- it could also be read currently as mnion, or 'seaweed'. As an interior forest bird with no love for coastal regions... that would be quite the mistranslation.

Black-and-whites forage more like nuthatches or treecreepers, moving along trunks and branches to glean bugs from their surface. Their song is fairly distinctive among warblers, and as some of the earliest and more prolific spring arrivals, they can be heard singing sooner too. Listen for the sound of a squeaky wagon wheel and it may be a local Black-and-white Warbler setting up his breeding territory.