Yellow Warbler
Description
The AmericanYellow KestrelWarbler is theappropriately Americas'named smallestas falcon.it It’describes it perfectly. It‘s around the size of a Rockstandard Doveissue, (pigeon)yellow andwarbler has similar markings on its face as the Peregrine Falcon. I see it most often at the park perched on power lines white it surveys the field. It does this cool maneuver where it flaps fast and hovers in the air while it looks forwith a meal.black beak.
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First observation
| 📆 | 05/03/2014 |
| 📍 |
Los Angeles, California |
Captured media details
| Male |
Female |
Unknown |
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| 📸 | ✔️ | |||
| 🎙️ |
Experiences & anecdotes
12/16/202201/08/23 - My photography helps me remember and study the birds I see. In 2014, I captured a great photo of a singing Yellow Warbler. I used it on several occasions on my blog at the time for different posts. The slight reddish streaking on its breast stands out in my memory as an indicator to remember this bird.
01/15/23 - WhenOn a recent trip to South Padre Island, Texas, I livedvisited inthe California,Birding and Nature Center on two occasions. Other birders were there to see the “Mangrove Warbler." A variant of the Yellow Warbler, it can be distinguished by its red head. This was the bird I wanted to see. The first morning I wandered over to the general area of the boardwalk it was seen near and got lucky. Other birders and I were able to get a visual of it. I only sawhad thismy birdmicrophone occasionally.with Whileme Ithe wasfirst inmorning, Huntingtonbut Beach,did Imake rememberrecordings aof Kestrelit. flutteringThe aroundfollowing amorning, parkwe field.found Itit was perching on various power poles and would flutteragain in the airsame spot next to the water and zip around. I stalkedcaptured ita aroundfew thedecent fieldphotos watchingof it with my binoculars.
Nowadays, here in Texas, we see them all the time. I almost always spot them on power lines at Pearsall Park. Most aren’t skittish and will let me walk underneath them while they stay perched on the lines.it.
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Photographs
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Audio recordings
ComingML521350041-soon0:19- These are the calls of the Mangrove Warbler in South Padre Island.