Nashville Warbler, plate by John James Audubon
Audubon, Birds of America, plate 89
Warblers

Nashville Warbler

Leiothlypis ruficapilla
“A solitary Nashville Warbler was spotted along Shore Road, more precisely the bird was foraging along an area of streamside woodland on the Robinson property.”
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!

Oct 10, 2018

Other notables include: Surf and White-winged Scoters have arrived just offshore, a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, two Northern Parula’s and a female Nashville Warbler playing hide-and-go-seek, and one of my most favorite adaptable dwellers of our forestlands ,a single chattering Carolina wren.

May 22, 2019

A solitary Nashville Warbler was spotted along Shore Road, more precisely the bird was foraging along an area of streamside woodland on the Robinson property.

Oct 9, 2019

I also was able to make out a female Nashville Warbler and five or more Northern Parulas that were rapidly flitting and hopping across the upper levels of Robinson Woods’ forest and subcanopy.

Oct 23, 2019

Additionally, I saw a Tennessee Warbler and a Nashville Warbler traveling south together somewhere around the fringes of Crescent Beach State Park.

May 20, 2020

Other notable sightings included a singing Winter Wren, nice numbers of Pine Warblers, several Yellow Warblers, a single male Northern Parula (warbler) and a solitary Nashville Warbler perusing through an apple tree along shore Road.

Oct 21, 2020

On October 3, I saw a Tennessee Warbler and a Nashville Warbler traveling south together somewhere around the fringes of Crescent Beach State Park.

May 19, 2021

Additionally, I was able to track down two Nashville Warblers.

Oct 25, 2023

On this same day I spotted numerous Blackpoll Warblers, several Cape May and Northern Parula Warblers, a pair of Nashville Warblers and a single female Blackburnian Warbler.

Sep 18, 2024

Later that afternoon along the fringes of Robinson Woods III I came across two southbound Nashville Warblers.

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Dec 17, 2025

Speaking of warblers, late-season reports across Casco Bay and its islands over the last two weeks included several Nashville Warblers, a Prairie Warbler and a Virginia’s Warbler on Peaks Island.

May 20, 2026

Other recent highlights on this day in May included a singing Winter Wren, strong numbers of Pine Warblers, several Yellow Warblers, a single male Northern Parula, and a solitary Nashville Warbler working through an apple tree along Shore Road.