Audubon Outlook

May / June 2013

Yellow-rumped Warblers are impressive in the sheer numbers with which they flood the continent each fall - they are among the earliest of the warblers to arrive each spring. Shrubs and trees fill with the streaky brown-and-yellow birds and their distinctive, sharp chirps. Though the color palette is subdued all winter, you owe it to yourself to seek these birds out on their spring migration or on their breeding grounds. Spring molt brings a transformation, leaving them a dazzling mix of bright yellow, charcoal gray and black, and bold white. Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Photo Credit: Dan Pancamo