Tag: warbler

July 8, 2020

Wildfires create mixed chorus of warblers

Warblers can develop different song dialects in different forests, but after wildfires, those dialects can converge in an unusual chorus as different populations come together. That’s the finding of Brett...

September 25, 2019

Genes play a role in warbler migration

For golden-winged and blue-winged warblers, where they go when they migrate south is in their genes, researchers found. “These small songbirds don’t really have a trainer or a navigator,” said...

September 5, 2019

Biologists document oldest recorded Kentucky Warbler

An Alabama state biologist recently recaptured a male Kentucky warbler he originally released in 2010 when it was 2 years old. That makes the bird at least 11 — the...

November 19, 2018

Three-species hybrid warbler discovered

Researchers recently discovered that a bird found in Pennsylvania is a hybrid between three different species. The warbler is the offspring of a hybrid warbler mother — a golden-winged (Vermivora...

April 26, 2018

Three species removed, mouse remains listed under ESA

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a final rule last week declaring that the lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris yerbabuenae) is no longer threatened with extinction and can be removed...

December 14, 2015

New Discoveries About Farthest Migrating Warbler

The blackpoll warbler (Setophaga striata) may be tiny, but its journey during migration is quite extensive. The species has long fascinated biologists interested in migration. A recent tracking study confirmed the...

October 2, 2015

Where Do You Go, Little Warbler, When It Snows?

It was Christmas in late March for Erik Johnson and Jared Wolfe. The two researchers had just received news that a Prothonotary warbler (Protonotaria citrea) that they had fitted with...