November 22, 2024
ON THE WING

Comments for: Warblers’ fall plumage means confused birders

There are a few pages in the Peterson Field Guide to Eastern Birds labeled “confusing fall warblers.” Under this heading are illustrations of our neotropical songbirds without their colorful and distinctive breeding plumages. Because adults undergo a molt prior to migrating south to their wintering grounds, and young… Read More

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