Welcome back! This week I wanted to share some photos of one of my favourite summer birds, the yellow warbler. It doesn’t feel like summer until I hear the males singing out their sweet whistling song. Honestly sometimes summer is most often still a few weeks off as Yellow warblers arrive in Yellowknife before the leaves emerge on the trees! …
As the warblers and sparrows make their way through on their way to warmer climates, I thought I’d share a few images of one particular little bird that seems to know how to keep warm. This little yellow warbler built her nest in a tree in my neighbour’s yard. This was her second attempt at a nest as her first …
A couple of weeks ago I had an exciting moment as a birder; I apparently spotted and recorded the first sighting of an Audubon’s Warbler in the Northwest Territories! The Audubon’s warbler is a sub-species of the Yellow-rumped warbler, the other is the Myrtle warbler, however 40 years ago they were 2 separate species. According to a local bird expert, …