#82 Blackburnian Warbler

With its flame-orange face and throat, the Blackburnian Warbler is a star of spring migration in the eastern U.S. A long-distance migrant, it breeds in northern spruce forests, where it sings from treetops, and winters in the Andes, where it’s common in open forests and shade coffee plantations. These birds are forest-canopy specialists, so it’s best to remember their song: a thin, fast sequence that rises to an ear-splitting pitch.

This patch is inspired by the Black Swamp Bird Observatory in northwest Ohio, a key migration area for Blackburnian Warblers.