Yellow Warbler

This is one of our most widely distributed warblers, nesting from the Arctic Circle to Mexico,

The Messenger

Palm Warbler

One of our winter residents in central Florida which can be found in abundance.

Brown Thrasher

Hugging the side of an oak tree this Brown Thrasher keeps a sharp eye.

Swainson’s Thrush

During the peak of migration, Swainson’s Thrushes are often very common in woodlots and parks, lurking in the thickets, slipping into fruiting trees to pluck berries. Like the other brown thrushes, Swainson’s migrate mostly at night, and their distinctive callnotes can be heard from overhead on clear nights during spring and fall.

American Goldfinch

American Goldfinches are also known as the Eastern Goldfinch or the “Wild Canary,” and are a member of the finch family. The bird is only about 4-5 inches long, with a wingspan of 7-9 inches. They weigh about 0.4-0.7 ounces

Magnolia Warbler

Although it is small and very active, the Magnolia Warbler is not as difficult to observe as some warblers, because it often stays low in shrubbery and short trees.

Baltimore Oriole

One can set his clock at the arrival of the “Baltimore Oriole”. These are the most reliable of migrating birds, arriving in May, throughout the United States and southern Canada, within one or two days of the same date each year.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Long-distance migrant. Rose-breasted Grosbeaks fly from North American breeding grounds to Central and northern South America. Most of them fly across the Gulf of Mexico in a single night, although some migrate over land around the Gulf.

Female Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Tennessee Warbler

This bird is found in Tennessee only briefly, during spring and fall migration; but there is no point in giving it a more descriptive name, because the bird itself is nondescript. The male makes up for his plain appearance with a strident staccato song, surprisingly loud for the size of the bird. Nesting in northern forests, the Tennessee Warbler goes through population cycles: it often becomes very numerous during population explosions of the spruce budworm, a favored food.