Black-and-white Warbler, plate by John James Audubon
Audubon, Birds of America, plate 90, as “Black & White Creeper”
Warblers

Black-and-white Warbler

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“Early the next morning Black and White Warblers had arrived in very solid numbers along with Common Yellowthroats (a spectacular and common warbler).”
May 22, 2019 · Read the column
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May 23, 2018

Sightings in order by frequency of spotting - Black-throated Green warbler, Pine warbler, Palm warbler, Myrtle warbler, American Yellow warbler, Northern Parula, Black and White warbler, American Redstart, Nashville warbler, Ovenbird (a warbler of the forest floor), Chestnut-sided warbler and Magnolia warbler!

May 22, 2019

Early the next morning Black and White Warblers had arrived in very solid numbers along with Common Yellowthroats (a spectacular and common warbler).

Jul 24, 2019

I also could hear at least one Black and White Warbler.

Oct 9, 2019

Later the same day my wife and I spotted several Black and white Warblers and a couple of Common Yellowthroats.

May 20, 2020

A first of the year Black-and-White Warbler was seen and heard as well.

Sep 23, 2020

On September 11 our yard was visited by multiple Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Pine Warblers, a Black and White Warbler and a male Baltimore Oriole.

Jun 2, 2021

Black-and-white Warblers and Northern Parulas seemed to be dripping from every tall oak and maple tree.

Oct 6, 2021

The following day I came across a female Black-and-white warbler taking a bath in a secluded little stream in Robinson Woods.

Sep 21, 2022

Additionally, on September 10 I recorded seeing a single Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Swamp Sparrow and American Redstart along the Great Pond Boardwalk and on the same day three Black-and-White Warblers, a single American Woodcock and singing Common Yellowthroat along Gull Crest.

Oct 5, 2022

Additionally on 9/24 along the Gull Crest trails I came across five Eastern Phoebes, several Black-and-White Warblers and a single male Blue-throated Black Warbler.

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May 7, 2025

I could also hear the calls from Black-throated Green Warblers in the surrounding woods and the squeaky wheel turning, wee-see-wee-see-wee-see call notes from Black-and-white Warblers.

May 21, 2025

That afternoon a walk around Hinkley Park in South Portland with my family yielded a Northern House Wren, Black-and-white Warblers, Black-throated Green Warblers, three Northern Parulas, a Chestnut-sided Warbler and a pair of male American Restarts.