Pine Warbler
“On April 11 I heard my first Pine Warbler of the season, and the following day our yard was visited by both a female Pine Warbler and a male Palm Warbler.”
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There was also a solid handful of Pine Warbler reports including a beautiful male that showed up (and remained through April 16th) dining on suet and mealworms in our backyard.
There was an early female Scarlet Tanager first seen on April 18 (Pond Cove tangles and coastline) along with an unexpected Red-eyed Vireo, and good numbers of Pine Warblers.
Common Yellow Throat’s, American Yellow’s, Black-throated Green, American Redstarts and Pine warblers are confirmed Cape nesters.
Amidst the whining masses of mosquitoes, I was pleasantly surprised to hear the song of Pine warblers.
This bird’s song is very similar to that of the Dark-eyed Juncos and somewhat similar to that of a Pine warbler.
Additional and previously mentioned warblers seen and/or heard across Cape so far this Spring include (listed by frequency of spotting), Myrtle Warbler, Palm Warbler, Pine Warbler, American Yellow Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Northern Parula, Black and white Warbler…
Amidst the whining masses of mosquitoes, I was pleasantly surprised to hear the song of Pine Warblers along the banks of Pond Cove, high within the stands of old white pines.
The first Pine Warbler of the year was spotted on our suet on April 12.
Pine warblers are settling into our wooded areas and at dusk the hauntingly beautiful song of the Hermit Thrush can be heard.
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.
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Across the more interior intact sections of Cape Elizabeth, Black-throated Greens, Ovenbirds and Pine Warblers are still making themselves known as are Veerys.
Our resident canopy dwellers including the Black-throated Green Warbler sings its buzzy ringing “trees, trees I love trees” and from the shadows of our primeval White Pine stands emanates the steady trilling song of the Pine Warbler.
On September 11 our yard was visited by multiple Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Pine Warblers, a Black and White Warbler and a male Baltimore Oriole.
The sweet trill of Pine Warblers could be heard singing high atop old stands of mature white pines starting on April 10.
Stepping into the more interior, intact wooded sections of Cape just before dark, Great-crested Flycatchers, Eastern Wood Peewees (another forest flycatcher), Black-throated Green Warblers, Pine Warblers and Ovenbirds all sing in earnest.
Many American Redstarts and several Pine Warblers also were seen across Gull Crest and Cross Hill.
Our resident canopy dwellers, including the Black-throated Green Warbler, sings its buzzy ringing “trees, trees I love trees” and from the shadows of a primeval White Pine stand emanates the steady trilling song of the Pine Warbler.
On April 11 I heard my first Pine Warbler of the season, and the following day our yard was visited by both a female Pine Warbler and a male Palm Warbler.
Our summer resident upper canopy dwellers including the Black-throated Green Warbler sings its buzzy ringing “trees, trees I love trees” and from the heights of an old stand of White Pines emanates the steady trilling song of the Pine Warbler.
A few mentionable observations over the last two weeks include, on September 27 Pine Warblers were singing high up within the conifer canopy of Robinson Woods I. Of note, this was the same general location that I typically first hear Pine Warblers singing every spring.
I recently learned that when foraging amongst other warbler species Yellow-rumped warblers generally let Magnolia, Black-throated Green and Palm Warblers do as they wish, however with Blackburnian and Pine Warblers their behavior is more assertive.
On April 25 three Pine Warblers showed up on the suet.
There are very few wood warblers that dare to brave the winter months of Maine, and this happened to be one of them, Setophaga pinus, a female Pine Warbler!
As for my notes from the yard and field in early February, on February 7 while looking for the female Pine Warbler that continues to visit my backyard feeders a male Eastern Towhee suddenly appeared atop the feeder!
This bird’s song is similar that of the Dark-eyed Juncos and somewhat like that of a Pine warbler.
I counted twenty-one different species with Pine Warblers, Common Yellowthroats, Ovenbirds, Black-throated Blue Warblers, and Yellow Warblers appearing in abundance.
Across the more interior intact sections of Cape Elizabeth like Gull Crest, Chestnut-sided Warblers, Black-throated Green Warblers, Ovenbirds and Pine Warblers are settling in as are Veerys.
On April 22, while admiring the steady trill of Pine Warblers in Robinson Woods III, Hermit Thrushes slipped through the underbrush and a northbound Great Blue Heron bellowed somewhere overhead.
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.
I recorded twenty species so far this spring, with Pine Warblers, Common Yellowthroats, Ovenbirds, Black-throated Blue Warblers and Yellow Warblers appearing in abundance.
On September 17, the song of Pine Warblers carried through the wooded sections of Gull Crest, Runaway Farm and Robinson Woods.