Central Florida Warbler Help (1 Viewer)

Saw this little guy in our backyard oak tree this morning. Please help!

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lukerjedi said:

Saw this little guy in our backyard oak tree this morning. Please help!

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could be a Northern Parula

I also vote for Northern Parula

Oh baby! That is a new bird for me in my backyard. Thank you!

Merops333 said:

I also vote for Northern Parula

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Me too - no question really, there is nothing else quite like it in N.A. I'm surprised that you have one now! Could it be a returning migrant already?....

That's is another reason I wasn't certain of the ID. I didn't think I'd get a parula here...it was never really on my radar.

There are quite a few of them in South Florida the past 3 weeks or so - migration patterns don't seem to apply like they used to - while the majority of the US has had unbelievable cold winters the past 3 years, Florida has had the exact opposite - the past 3 winters have been some of the warmest on record, and it seems to be messing with the birds! We haven't seen nearly as many fall migrators passing through, as they seem to stop farther up north in the state now...then as winter goes on, in late January we start to see early birds that we normally didn't see until April...and we see some oddballs in late March and April that many S. Florida birders haven't ever seen or are quite rare. Some birds that commonly left in March now stick around as late as May.

N. parulas are down my way in the dozens for the past two weekends. Central Florida gets a few different birds than us, but I'm not too surprised to hear parulas are up there too.

Thanks Justin...good to know. It was such a small little guy, and until I saw the yellow I thought it was just another gnatcatcher.

Northern Parulas winter in Florida in decent numbers, though they are not nearly as common as Yellow-rumped or Palm Warblers. They are also early migrants, so they are expected this time of year.