Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora pinus
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31 Cool Bird Facts #17 – Blue-winged Warbler
This Blue-winged Warbler [Vermivora pinus] was caught in the act! Despite their bright colors, they can often be overlooked. A little trick to remember their sound from the closely related Golden-winged Warbler is: Blue-winged, two syllables = “bee-bzzz” Gold-en-winged, three syllables = “bee-bzzz-bzzzz” Hybridizes extensively with Golden-winged Warbler, giving rise to the distinctly plumaged “Brewster’s”
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Low Warblers in High Places
This is the part one of six of Birdfreak’s 72-hour birding extravaganza. Our goal was to find as many bird species as possible within Winnebago County, Illinois. Olive-sided Flycatcher at Rock Cut State Park We began our 72-hour birding event at 0330 at Pecatonica Wetlands in the hopes of finding bitterns and rails. We struck
