You’ll also see a lot more birds in immature plumage since there is a whole new generation of young birds making their first migration. While most will look similar to what you’d see in spring, albeit a little faded, a select few will throw you for a loop and change up their entire plumage. Now they are laying low, their attention hyper-focused on eating bugs and fueling up for the long journey ahead. The breeding season is over and their bright, flashy plumage isn’t as bright and flashy-and they’re no longer belting out any tunes. IDing these spring warblers feels a little more instinctive when you can see the bright crisp plumage and match it with a song.ĭuring fall migration, birds are traveling north to south-leaving their breeding grounds and heading to their wintering destinations where they’ll be able to find food that they wouldn’t be able to find if they stayed further north in the colder months. They’re out to attract a mate and you’re more likely to see them perch on a branch while they belt out a song.
When we see warblers come through in the spring, they’re looking fancy, adorned with bright colors and singing away.
If you’re a new birder, you’ve maybe heard tell that fall warblers are “confusing.” Why is that? How are they different from spring warblers? What is it that you’re up against? This week’s Entryway to Birding blog brings you a guide to finding and identifying fall warblers with confidence.ĭuring spring migration, birds are traveling south to north-leaving their southern destinations where they’ve spent the winter and heading north to their breeding grounds, where they will mate and reproduce. They’re often infuriatingly high up in the trees and obscured by leaves. But this past week has seen a surge in passerine migration-songbirds like thrushes, vireos, flycatchers, and, oh yes, warblers are all here and fueling up for their migration south. Common nighthawk migration continues, with these erratic flyers picking bugs from the sky at dusk and dawn. This week’s rain will hopefully revive some popular mudflats that shorebirds have been using as stopovers. What does September bring us during fall migration? Shorebirds are still around, though not in as great of numbers as earlier in the season.
Unlike spring migration, which sometimes feels like it’s gone in a flash, fall migration is more of a slow burn-which is good news for us birders! It means we have more time to enjoy and seek out the wide variety of migrating birds that are passing through on their long, arduous journey south for the winter. Welcome back to the Entryway to Birding blog! We’re moving into September and fall migration continues to pick up.
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