Warbler in January? Cape Cod Mass, USA. (1 Viewer)

[Peeplo]

I am terrible at "LBTs" in general so I seek the wisdom of the best forum ever! These two showed up at my feeders yesterday and were back again today during the blizzard. I think they might be pine warblers? I was able to grab my camera and snag some shots of both of them while they chowed down on the suet.

Please note that I'm not talking about the finches in the third shot

 

[KGS]

Pine Warbler

 

[Peeplo]

Thanks!!
I thought we were only supposed to see these little guys in breeding season, do you think they were blown here by the storm or are there instances of them overwintering up here?

 

[lewis20126]

This might be quite a good record for the State - though I'm not sure.

cheers, alan

 

[Tiraya]

Agree with pine warblers. It is listed as a summer breeding visitor in Massachusetts, so in that case perhaps not too common to see them out of season.

Though I just saw purple martins in Florida which is apparently very early for them. Global warming!?

 

[theborealowl93]

Pretty impressive!

I thought seeing warblers in the NE U.S. would be unheard of in the winter, but I just read that they winter farther north than most warblers. If I saw one of those little guys this time of year in my yard, I 'd thought mother nature was pulling a prank 3

Even more impressive that he's there during a blizzard, hope he makes it ok.

 

[Jim M.]

This might be quite a good record for the State - though I'm not sure.

cheers, alan

No. Pines are pretty regular on the cape in winter. Sometimes even get Yellow-throated Warblers.

 

[Peeplo]

Thanks Jim for clarifying! I know the Cape has "special rules" for some species, still learning!

 

[RJP]

The east coast, at any given latitude, has significantly more warblers present in the winter than, say, the Midwest. Here at the southern end of Lake Michigan, which is below Cap Code in latitude, winter warblers are quite rare.

 

[tom baxter]

Pine warbler is one of the more common wintering warblers in the northeastern USA. That being said any warbler besides yellow-rumped is not what I would call common in winter. Here in NJ, there are only a handful of pine warblers reported state wide during most winters.

 

[cangoose]

I gues your winter is not as harsh as ours
http://www.thetelegram.com/Living/2015-01-24/article-4018088/The-pine-warbler-of-Bowring-Park/1