Tennessee warblers everywhere!

Posted by jnadler on Thu May 23, 2019 6:31 pm

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Here at home in northeastern NY State, migrating Tennessee Warblers are present in incredible mega-abundance wherever there are blossoming apple trees. This is a first for me. I can find one or more birds in virtually every other blossoming apple tree. I have found 25 in a two hour morning. This combined with high numbers of bay-breasted and Cape May indicates to me an outbreak in Canada forests of the spruce budworm. Yet I can't find any news confirming that. Anyone have insight?

I took this at eye level in a small apple tree near home.

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by Ron Day on Thu May 23, 2019 6:47 pm

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Congratulations on your find of these warblers. Lovely blossoms, detail, and background. Well done, Jeff.

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by Cynthia Crawford on Fri May 24, 2019 1:44 pm

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Great find Jeff. We have the same high numbers of the same birds here in Vermont, though they are rapidly diminishing. Including Tennessee. Nice photo ! I couldn't get that close on a rainy day to 4-5 I saw a few days ago. No one here has explained this fallout, but I suspect someone will figure it out. I have noted, though, that the apple trees are very late blooming this year.....

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by Carol Clarke on Fri May 24, 2019 5:17 pm

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Beautiful bird in a beautiful setting among the apple blossoms, Jeff!

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by Jan Wegener on Sun May 26, 2019 4:22 am