Rondeau Ric

Bay breasted warbler, May 10, 2019, Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada. Another from the archives on a grey, rainy day. At least I don't have to shovel rain. Setophaga castanea Young Bay-breasted Warblers in fall can look very similar to Blackpoll Warblers. One surefire way to distinguish them is by the colour of the soles of their feet—bluish grey in Bay-breasted, yellow in Blackpoll. source - allaboutbirds-org.

Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, May 10, 2019. Needed some colour and a reminder of spring. -15C in the mornings. Tired of the polar vortex. Setophaga castanea Bay-breasted Warblers are voracious predators of spruce budworms. One study concluded that they consumed over 13,000 budworms per hectare (about 2.5 acres) in just 41 days. source - https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Bay-breasted_Warbler

bay breasted warbler , a photo by ricmcarthur on Flickr. Another of the colourful warblers that have visited our back yard. This male took a while but he did come in for a quick bath. Setophaga castanea, for those that like latin. www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Bay-breasted_Warbler/id