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Photo Study Of Two Warblers And Their Friends At Blue Marsh Lake (Berks County), January 31st, 2011

    Joan Silagy of Leesport found and reported two warblers, a Yellow-throated and a Pine, at the Dry Brooks Day Use Area at Blue Marsh Lake last November 24th.
    Both birds are still hanging out together. Joan created a feeding area by spreading a mixture of peanut butter and lard on four of the trees as well as putting out lots of
    seeds and suet. Not only does all the food attract a large number of different songbirds, but it continues to provide sustenance for the two lingering warblers.

    Despite the occasional Merlin fly-by, I was still able to photograph both warblers as well as some of the other birds in attendance today at Joan's Blue Marsh lakeside picnic.

Pine Warbler And Yellow-throated Warbler Checking Each Other Out

Pine Warbler

Yellow-throated Warbler

Pine Warbler

        The Pine Warbler ( Dendroica pinus) is a small songbird of the New World. Its breeding habitats are open pine woods in eastern North America. While there are some
      permanent residents in southern Florida, most migrate to northeastern Mexico and islands in the Caribbean. They forage slowly on tree trunks and branches by poking
      their bill into pine cones. These birds also find food by searching for it on the ground. The Pine Warbler mainly eats insects, seeds and berries.
      (Cornell BNA; Wikipedia; Sibley Guide To Birds)

Yellow-throated Warbler

       The Yellow-throated Warbler (Dendroica dominica) is a small migratory songbird species breeding in southeastern North America. Its breeding range extends from
     southern Pennsylvania and northern Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico.. They are migratory, wintering at the Gulf Coast, eastern Central America, and the Carribean.
     Vagrant wintering birds are sometimes seen in northernmost South America. The Yellow-throated Warbler is a woodland species with a preference for coniferous or
     swamp tree species, in which it nests. They are insectivorous, but will include a considerable amount of berries and nectar in their diet outside the breeding season.
     Food is typically picked off tree branches directly, but flying insects may be caught in a brief hover. (Cornell BNA; Wikipedia; Sibley Guide To Birds)

Species seen today at the feeding area:

Northern Cardinal	American Crow	Downy Woodpecker
Blue Jay	Carolina Wren	Red-bellied Woodpecker
American Tree Sparrow	European Starling	Tufted Titmouse
White-throated Sparrow	Pine Warbler	Merlin
White-crowned Sparrow	Yellow-throated Warbler	Brown Creeper
Dark-eyed Junco	Chickadee spp.	Mourning Dove

Other species seen at the park today (but not at the feeding area) were Red-tailed Hawk, Black Vulture , Turkey Vulture, Eastern Bluebird and Gull spp, flying overhead.

To see a larger image of any of the photos below, please click on either the thumbnails or the captions...thanks!


Yellow-throatedWarbler1	Yellow-throatedWarbler2	Yellow-throatedWarbler3	Yellow-throatedWarbler4	Yellow-throatedWarbler5

Yellow-throatedWarbler6	PineWarbler1	PineWarbler2	PineWarbler3	PineWarbler4

PineWarbler5	BlueJay	AmericanTreeSparrow	Dark-eyedJunco1	Dark-eyedJunco2

JuvenileWhite-crownedSparrow	White-throatedSparrow	DownyFemale	DownyFemaleFlies	DownyMale

Red-belliedWoodpecker	Red-belliedWoodpecker2	EuropeanStarling1	EuropeanStarling2	NorthernCardinal

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